This. Bus. SUCKS. As…read morefar as I can tell, it runs with absolutely no consistency. I check NextMuni to plan my bus rides all the time now, which for any other bus line is spot-on and accurate. But I've found it's of absolutely no use to me when I catch the 33--one second, I'll check it and it says it's coming in 18 minutes; the next, it switches to 5 and I need to haul ass to have any chance of catching it. I've missed it twice trying to get from the Inner Richmond to the start of Golden Gate Park for my 3-mile run to the beach (which as a result turns out to be more like FOUR miles). And, while it has the potential to be a great line, spanning a large vertical expanse of the city, there are so many damn traffic lights and congested streets (especially Haight and 18th) that it's almost not worth it. Lurch. Stop. Go. Lurch. Stop. Go. WTF, we're only on 18th and Castro? **luurrchh people fall into each other** Oh God. I'd get out now but I'd have to hike up Twin Peaks. BUS DRIVER: "I'M NOT MOVIN' TIL YOU ALL MOVE TO THE DAMN REAR!" *sigh* Hiking it is. But, to be fair, the route is great. It's the only way to get from the Richmond to the Mission without having to transfer, and ideally would be the fastest, if it weren't for all the aforementioned problems. And... I guess I'm getting a lot of exercise?

The 33 is awesome, there is not an instance when I see buses on this route being super crowded…read more Overall, 33 Ashbury / 18th St is a very good route to take. This route passes by San Francisco General Hospital and California Pacific Medical Center (California Campus). For anyone working at either of the two hospitals mentioned, this is your route. 33 Ashbury / 18th St (Stanyan) to Sacramento and Cherry 33 Ashbury / 18th St (Stanyan) to Potrero & 25th St Correct zip code for the Castro area it passes by is 94114

I successfully tried out MUNI - Castro Station in San Francisco, CA for the first time on Thursday,…read more02/19/26, and I absolutely loved the experience. I was able to take the MUNI train from the Castro District to the Embarcadero Station, where it conveniently connects to BART. The ride was smooth, efficient, and made getting across the city quick and easy. At about $3 for a ride, it's also very affordable. The train itself had plenty of open seating, and the ride felt comfortable overall. Moving forward, I'll definitely be utilizing the MUNI system more often to get around different neighborhoods/districts in San Francisco.

This is one of my favorites stations since this is the one I pop out of the most because of work…read more And its especially lovely because, with most of the construction done, I can see fnnch's finch just up Market St.

This was the bus I took to go to high school, college and Stonestown. What a pleasant ride. It…read moreALWAYS comes on time and I can always get a seat. This line is way better than the 28 or 29 Sunset because you have to take another bus to get on this line and the lines are sooo crowded!

There is not a time when this bus gets jam packed. I have taken it once or twice and every time I…read moreget on, there is a seat available. Props for this part, it is also a good alternative when seeking to dodge crowding on routes 28, 29 and M. If you are headed for Legion of Honor or Stonestown Galleria, then the 18 is here for you.

How have I never reviewed Church Street Station? Something feels amiss. . . …read more Church Street! The real heart of the Castro even though Castro Street and Castro Street Station are the showier hearts of the Castro. I guess it's like the Golden Gate Bridge; part of it isn't even in San Francisco, and it's nowhere near Downtown, yet it gets way more representational play than the Bay Bridge, which is closer to the heart of San Francisco than the Golden Gate Bridge is. Man, what a boring review. It can feel like a boring station, or a continuation of Castro Street Station, because they're identically designed. But walking up the stairs onto Market Street from Church Street Station is a much grander entrance to the Castro, because you're not in a (Harvey Milk) plaza, you're smack dab in the middle of all the mancandy and boywatching and bearstaring and lookylooing (for us straight visitors). Take me to Church (Street Station), indeed.

Surprisingly nice metro station. On a Sunday afternoon, clean and easy to navigate. An actual…read moreworker out offering assistance.

Like many things, it's a fine line! except for those times…read morewhen out of service & everyone has to pour out & crowd the platform. Fear not, around the corner will be a J Church usually running 2 minutes later. Things looking really bad? Walk another block to the underground Market St station & there's at least 3 additional lines. Anyway, Duboce & Church is the last stop before it goes through the tunnel eastbound. Especially westbound when you can completely space out & still know when you get to Church Street cause you see the light at the end of the tunnel. (sic) The trains are pretty new & clean, including the seats. Love the new design which finally acknowledges nobody wants to sit next to you, So now there's a row of single seats, & long seat benches on the sides. Bonus- you get 1 or 2 additional cars attached so you can jockey for position at the least crowded section. It's fast & furious.

This line is great. Picks me up right in front of my house at University Park North, takes me right…read moreto West Portal where I hop on any of the outbound trains to go to work near the Powell Station. Usually full of elderly people, but at least they aren't loud and obnoxious! But drivers on this line are always nice. Overall just a convenient line if you need to get to West Portal from the SF State area. Stops in all the right places!

If you're stuck outside State and youre waiting for a 29 that is of course taking it's sweet ass…read moremother fucking time, and there literally isn't one coming for like 30 minutes, if you see a 17 pull up, do yourself a favor and just GET ON IT! One day I found this out when there was some traffic accident on Sunset (before Taraval) which was causing the 29 to be shut down for a hour or so until the accident was cleared. And I personally hate the 28 with all my soul, so I was stuck. There wasn't an M coming for another 15 mins or so, but then i looked up the street and saw a 17 coming my way. And it's header said West Portal, alright i told myself, lets get on this bus. And when I did I was amazed to find that no one else did. i shit you not I had this bus completely to myself. We made a couple loops through Park Merced (laaaaaame, but totally awesome if you lived there) and afte ronly about not even 10 minutes, I found myself right at the front of West Portal Station. And what was just peaking it's beautiful head out from that tunnel? A L MUNI!! Ellated I ran to catch my beloved L and head on home. Def a good call in a pinch.

Founded by Google as an internal self-driving project in 2009, Waymo ("a new way forward in…read moremobility") was spun off as an independent subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. in 2016. It began public tests in 2017 in the Phoenix Area, removing safety drivers in 2020. In November 2024, it launched commercial driverless operations in the DTLA and Santa Monica areas with general public availability. I finally had a chance to use it with my brother, during a DTLA stay in late August of '26. It was a lot of fun. We were staying at the LA Athletic Club, so ended up using the nearby Metro station to go to various places around LA. So on this Saturday, we found ourselves outside of Wi Spa at the eastern outskirts of K-Town, needing to get back to the hotel. We had taken the train/walked here and could have easily done it again, but instead took Waymo. I had prepared the previous day by downloading the app (it looks and behaves similar to Uber). It required the customary phone number validation by text, and defaulted to Apple Pay (though one can also add other credit cards). Then it was a simple matter of hailing a ride, just like Uber/Lyft. There is no opportunity to choose the type of car...everything is meant for up to 4 people. It was accurate in stating that a car would be here in under 5 minutes, and showed where the car would stop. Sure enough, it slowly came around the corner, and I have to admit I was super excited that a robot car was coming to pick us up, all for just $19.33. The app had asked if I wanted to partake in a trial where the car doors automatically when the phone's bluetooth is close...since I was busy taking video on my phone, I said 'Sure'. It didn't work...so I had to fumble to find the app, and press the 'unlock' button. My brother sat in the passenger seat, and I sat in the back. We had no luggage so don't know how the trunk process works. Currently, up to four passengers (3 in back, 1 in front) can be taken (later learned that the car will stop if it detects more than 4 people), where the empty driver's seat is not allowed to be used. I continued to take video as the car pulled out, but then the car stopped with a piercing ring, until I clicked my seatbelt. The car was a fully electric, Jaguar I-PACE HSE SUV (AI states that the base is a 75k car, with another 80k in add-ons....pretty sure Waymo is losing money hand over fist during this ramp up period). The drive itself was very similar to a good Uber driver, not going particularly slow as I had feared. I was actually hoping for some unusual events (e.g. getting cut off or side swiped, pedestrians in the wrong place, or hearing emergency sirens) to see how Waymo would react, but it was a pretty even keel ride. The app can be used to control the climate and radio stations, and the two displays clearly indicate where you are and how close you are to your destination. It did warn us to listen for a beep if a bicyclist or another car was getting close as we exited. There was no opportunity to tell it to drop us off at our preferred entrance, and it definitely did double park while letting us off. Of course, we had to see it off, which it did after a few moments. There was no survey to submit, or any opportunity to give a tip. It very much reminded me of my first time taking an Uber, afterwards thinking 'This is going to change a lot of things'. This was our one good opportunity to use Waymo during our stay, as its coverage area did not include Boyle Heights. It was kinda cool to see a fleet of them come to the Expo Park area right after the LAFC match, picking up gamegoers. Later that night, we could have taken it back to our hotel from K-Town late Saturday (when the trains stopped running), but the price was quite a bit higher than a Lyft...so chose the latter instead. Also I noted that the cars are not yet allowed to go on the highway, so any longer trip from someplace like Santa Monica to DTLA will definitely take longer (at least when the I-10 isn't backed up). Recently (August 2026), California approved Waymo's expansion plans, making it available across 18 state counties. Will definitely use it again whenever we need a rideshare and prices are comparable.

I was an early adopter of Waymo in LA and have always loved it. I've ridden Waymo hundreds of times…read moreover the past 2 years and was such a fan until recently. I still prefer it to Uber/Lyft as my neurodiversities love having driverless options to get places. I love having a clean, reliable ride where I am alone and control the music & windows & can just feel relaxed. Waymos are my mode of transportation a lot around the city and as a single girl, I feel safe. However, I've seen a pretty significant degrade in Waymo technology here in LA the past few months. To highlight some big issues ~Cars get stuck in our depot and what should be a 5 minute wait turns into 55 as they just keep rotating you to blocked cars in their storage lot. I actually missed an event last night waiting for a Waymo that never came, talking to 3 support people and a Waymo never arriving :(. Cars get stuck in many places besides just their storage area, but it's particularly frustrating because Support just says sorry and you're supposed to wait. ~Along with the above, the cars have some really significant traffic issues. I've been stopped in the middle of incredibly busy streets in rush hour on MANY different rides in MANY locations & had to call for Support to get the car moving while cars behind honk in frustration & it's mad embarrassing. I've seen the same happen to many others and I feel sad for them when I zoom by! ~Since the accident Waymo had hitting the child in Santa Monica, the cars are incredibly scared to go by people and objects. It used to pretty intelligently maneuver around things but it's overly cautiously to the point of stopping and being creepy. ~And worst of all, lately, Support has been really unhelpful, less responsive, very slow in responding and not fixing problems when Waymo has issues. It's very bizzare and frustrating. I'm worried we may have hit a wall with Waymo where the Support degrades as more issues start arising. I was the biggest advocate for Waymo and still prefer taking it but they need to get these major issues under control. Rants over, Waymo I love you, please fix yourself!

Fun little station that still uses the Hold Out Rule. Weekends only…read more Very easy to jump off and get a sandwich or shop at the goodwill. This is because the platform is very narrow and, literally, you can jump off the train. It is not a big station and it is not ADA compliant. Not for wheelchairs, walkers or canes.

As other reviewers have said, this station has a great location…read more It just so happens however that nothing listed anywhere at the station states it only has weekend and holiday service. In fact, even the drivers of the 292 bus aren't aware that this isn't "the" Caltrain station. So while this station may be fantastic on the times it runs, the fact that it exists and that the bus route drivers aren't aware that it doesn't run most of the time can cause trouble when it's late at night and you are now lost in Burlingame because the driver didn't know to drop you off at a working Caltrain station. So, perhaps a sign and some training to local drivers is in order?