Mostly reliable public transit. With employees good enough for quasi-governmental work.read more

It's good enough! When I go into San Francisco I drive up here from San Jose, park in the garage…read more(free at the times I'm using it) and hop on BART for a quick 20 minute ride into the city. Beats driving the last 5 miles.

This so wonderful ride to take from San Francisco to Sunnyvale I did it for 4 years I went through…read moremy emails I did homework or work related and just relax very clean train.

This station does its job - barely. While safe and convenient for transit, it does not look like…read moreone and is not built like one. Awful layout, poor lighting, overcrowded stairs (how hard was it to build a wide staircase?), non-existent sitting arrangements, insufficient ticket equipment. This place is as welcoming as an anti-utopia movie set.

Came during off time so very quiet and cleared out Clean…read moreenough, but suspicious stains and wear and tears Some of the Lights are dull and yellow Wide enough Disable friendly and colorful inside the BART

They have a story machine! A definite plus but it doesn't get the station to 4 stars just yet. The…read morestation could be maintained better, especially entering from the Geneva escalator/stairwell, which tends to be a trash magnet. Transfer here if you're on a Daly City bound train and need to get to points further south.

I looove the 31Express buses! A 45 minute ride to FiDi w/o the stinky people & pickpockets that…read moreproliferate the regular lines. The buses are also somewhat cleaner than the other lines. What a relaxing ride to FiDi. Much better than the metro line (how stressful!).

I had no idea what all this "AX" and "BX" Muni bus stuff was about until I moved to the Richmond…read more It turns out that these special buses are the closest thing to a BART train that the Richmond District ("RiDi") has. If you work downtown and live in the RiDi, you better get to know these buses, or you'll just be the chump on the regular 31 Balboa/38 Geary that gets the hour-long, reasonably stinky and ghetto tour of the city on the way to work. The 31 AX ain't great (I rarely get a seat in the morning, and some broads refuse to move to the back of the bus when it gets crowded), but it sure beats the regular 31 Balboa. FYI, the 31AX starts at the beach near the Safeway and the "Last local stop" is Balboa and Park Presidio. The next stop after *that* is Sansome & Montgomery. Not bad, right? Here's the weird thing though: I'm on the morning (and often evening) 31AX buses, with the same people, almost every day. All of us are going to our jobs in the FiDi or home to our bitchin' flats in the RiDi. I know half of their names since they all wear their hoity-toity company badges. Okay, you work for yahoo/stubhub/charles schwab! you're-so-fucking-cool-and-employed. We get it! But none of us ever talk to each other, even though we often see each other twice a day. It's a little awkward, like the elephant in the living room, or however that saying goes...

Hm. This should really be an update of my original 9L-San Bruno review…read more(https://www.yelp.com/biz/9l-san-bruno-limited-san-francisco?hrid=kub_qtm5gonARDqR6TdgBw&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)), because all the Muni Limited lines became Rapid lines circa 2013. In any case, it's difficult for me to believe that it's been almost 15 years since I had the job-from-hell I described in that review. But when I think of the regular old 9-San Bruno, I'm right back in that (pretty messed-up) frame of mind, so the 9R is kind of a respite, a specific point in time. There were the bad old pre-9R days, and the hopeful post-9R days? I don't know. The bus. It's useful. Now that I no longer did what I did where I did it, this bus isn't terribly useful to me, but I have used it on a few occasions to get to SFGH for non-emergency (and mostly non-medical) reasons. The lack of stops between Downtown San Francisco and the General is bliss. It just is. Again, it's probably nothing to most riders, but if you had to spend nights on loud, rowdy, packed-to-the-gills 9-San Brunos as they trundled down 11th Street and Potrero Avenue, you thanked the heavens when the 9R arrived.

My weekday go-to route downtown, if I've missed the 8-Bayshore. The 9R is usually an articulated…read morebus and can accommodate a lot of folks during the morning and afternoon commute. Barring a traffic jam on Market or Potrero, it shows up when expected. Operators are generally attentive, especially when there are wheelchair passengers.

This line is honestly a gamble, no shade but when it's the older woman driving, it's always late…read moreand super slow, and she doesn't pick up passengers. Every other bus driver is amazing.

AC TRANSIT 800 LINE BUS HOT-LINE: 1-800-THS-SUKS…read more As you can tell from my title this is what I thought about this service. I will provide you the scenario. Last Saturday night I walked to the station at 1st St. and Mission St. At around 1:45AM the 800 Bus passed by this station. A man advised the passengers at this station if you want to take the next 800 Bus the best chance is to walk to the station around Sansome St. and Market Street. I walked with 3 others to that station. What happened next was an adventure I like to forget (great for writing a short story to be published on the New Yorker but not great for trying to get back home to the East Bay late Saturday night/ early Sunday morning which can be very dangerous). Below is my formal complaint to AC Transit which I emailed and consisted of two paragraphs: Last Saturday I had to take the 800 bus back to Oakland. I walked to three bus stops before I could take a bus that was not full back to Oakland. One of the stops that I am complaining about is around Montgomery Bart station, which was the second bus stop I walked to (Beale Street and Howard Street was the first). The bus arrived around 2AM. The bus was half full yet it passed every possible passenger at this station. Seven of us ran to the bus when it made a stop at a stoplight. The bus driver ignored our pleas of letting us in. The bus was half empty!! In summary a group of us walked to Market and 7th where we were fortunate to take the 800 bus at 3:30 AM. I arrived at my destination at about 4:45AM. My complaint isn't only this station but the 800 bus line service during late Saturday night/ early Sunday morning. There should have been more buses available during the weekend because the 800 buses become full to capacity. The main complaint is however at this station because I had to wait about another 2 1/2 hours before I arrived in Oakland. Arriving at Oakland around 4:45AM isn't the safest thing to do; I eventually found out the next morning that 2 people in Oakland were shot that night. That could've been me. It was irresponsible for that bus driver to pass by station at Market Street & Montgomery Street when that bus was half full. I am not only voicing my opinions here but at Yelp and other online reviews regarding the inept service of the 800 bus line last Saturday night. The last time I wrote a 1-star review was Chris Daly's Buck Tavern. The reason I reviewed it as a 1-star is because I don't personally like Chris Daly because of his political antics. However the review for the 800 Line bus is more warranted and justified.

Very tricky we had a hard time buying transportation in San Francisco. With the trolleys not…read morerunning we depended on buses. The routes aren't well laid out & The stops are difficult to find. Once were on the buses the drivers have been helpful and we see notice of what the next stop coming is. We bought a clipper card for a few days unlimited at Walgreens. The sales clerk wasn't too knowledgeable nor helpful. The visitor center so does how to upload it to our wallet and now were using our phones to pay for transportation. It took a couple of tries before we were able to work the app properly. Would love to know how to play the passes want to wait at the stop. Also sad some are camped & living at the bus stops.

The only way I can tolerate the 1AX is by pretending it's a roller coaster. It's the only way that…read moreI could stand riding this line for months without hurling myself out the window to end the misery. But if you want to endure the bus line you might try to pretend that this is the 2Fast2Furious version of the Muni. Because California St is narrow you'll typically be riding the smallish buses where the drivers like to put the bus in a low gear and speed up the small hills like they're racing Dom Toretto. This wouldn't be a problem if you're sitting down but the express bus is typically packed like it's the last ride out of the Fall of Saigon. I've seen old ladies getting tossed which is not unbelievable as I've gone fallen myself. If you need to cheer yourself up, pretend that you're riding the 1AX during zombie apocalypse from Dawn of the Dead. This will keep you entertained when a swarm of people sprint after the bus when the bus starts to skip stops because it's too full. If they do catch up to the bus at a red light because they'll angry start beating on the door which is kind of frightening. But instead of wanting to eat out your eyeballs, they trying to do something more hideous, like show up to work on time. If you're a senior/handicapped you can pretend that you're in Wall Street. Keep your eyes peeled and remember that everyone is a crook You'd think that professionals going Downtown weren't a bunch of A-holes, but they'll steal seat in the handicapped/senior section making a poor old man stand in a heartbeat. If you get creeped out by a weird dirty old man in a suit, just pretend he's Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If he does show you his lollipop, I'd recommend that you take out a pair of scissors and pretend you're in filming the documentary on Lorena Bobbit in "Bobbetized". Good luck!

Colma is my favorite BART station to park at and take the train into the city coming from San Jose…read morewhen I don't want to take public transportation all the way from the South Bay. The parking garage is big and always has a multitude of spots, oftentimes right across from the station entryway which is conveniently directly attached to the garage. Take a short escalator down and you're right in the center of the station. It's 10-20 minutes on BART into SF (depending where you're going) from Colma, avoiding city driving and expensive parking without having too much of a ride in and back. On the weekdays parking is $3 through the BART app (prefill your car information to avoid getting held up) and free on weekends and holidays. Relatively clean and easy to navigate station. There's a machine you can purchase Clipper cards at or refill your card without hassle, check the fare calculator but for a non-discounted ride to Civic Center in SF it's $4.50 at the moment one way. Red and yellow lines frequently stop here, though you will have to transfer at another station for other lines. Just an all around nicely maintained station that I recommend especially if you are parking and riding into the city and are looking for an easy experience.

PARKING ($3) The parking garage fills up a little after…read more9:00AM Monday to Thursday. On Mondays it is definitely the heaviest day; you should probably come by 8:30AM to secure a spot. Fridays less people go to work less of a rush there. Reserved parking on the first and second floors become available after 10:00AM, if your job allows you could plan to come later in the morning to get those parking spots (which are closer to the BART entrance too). Lots of bird poop in certain spots, so beware! Be careful around the turns, you might not see a car coming from the other direction. They do check for parking/payments often here. I see them checking cars often in the mornings. Word of advice to the BART parking checkers though...don't check cars in a parking section that isn't full yet since people are still pulling in. Once I got a ticket maybe 45 seconds after I parked. I paid for parking 30 seconds after the ticket was given to me. (I didn't see it until the evening). It was just annoying that I then needed to spend my time to fight the ticket. Get a EZRider account so you can pay with Clipper Card. If the parking garage fills up the Samtrans parking lot is across the street, also for $3. They accept credit cards as well. Longer walk to get to the station but at least you got a parking spot! ATTENDANTS The attendants are very pleasant and always willing to answer my random questions about parking or losing an item! BATHROOMS Often 1 will be out-of-order. The other bathroom exists for emergencies but the last 2 times I went there was no soap :( THE STATION Also a lot of bird poop recently. On weekday mornings trains to SF come every 7 minutes, so you're never waiting for too long. If you go one more spot North (Daly City) the trains come even more often, but their parking lot fills up way too early. Depending on what train you catch, you may get a seat. In the 8-8:30AM time range there is more people. By 9:00AM you could get a seat in the Antioch line, but maybe not the Richmond line since a lot of commuters get on the train in Millbrae. LOCATION Good location directly off the 280 freeway. Cheap gas stations nearby. In&Out nearby.