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Leave earlier/later than rush hour.
This. I drop my child of at before school care at 645 and can make it up Kuykendahl and down Woodlands Parkway (about an 8 mile trip) and be in the parking garage by 7. Some days it's bumper to bumper, but everyone is going 60+. If I leave the office before 5, I can be back to my son's school in about 20-25 min. This is assuming no wrecks or closed lanes (whoever was doing the construction on the Parkway bridge had a habit of closing lanes at 4 pm on Friday afternoons...that was ugly). By 510-515, it becomes a 30-40 minute trip, and this lasts until about 6-630. Then everything goes back to normal.
The real challenge is getting back up Kuykendahl and the Parkway and across 45 to Robinson Rd in time for a 515 Taekwondo class.
With the recent lane closures on 45 during the weekend, we try not to leave the house at all. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to get up to Camp Strake tomorrow, since 2 northbound lanes on 45 are going to be closed.