Nice, free bus for the route it travels…read more The Presidio GO (formerly named PresidiGo) only has a few stops on its route. The stop aren't marked like the MUNI bus stops are, but you can trust that it'll follow the maps which are on its website. For this review, I took it from the Embarcadero stop (outside the Hyatt Regency, where the MUNI 12 bus stops) and took it to the Presidio entrance. It used to be a semi free shuttle with only some times available to those who didn't live in the Presidio, but they opened it up to be fully free to everyone some years ago. There are two sizes of buses which I've seen, one which is smaller and one which is larger, but both kinds are decorated with a mostly white motif. For a free shuttle bus, it's great. My only caveat would be that it's not too frequent and the stops are very limited.

Accessibility: this bus lowers to the ground for wheelchair access and for people who can't step up…read morevery high. There are wheelchair locks inside the bus to keep wheelchairs stable from moving around while the bus moves. Experience: the busses are clean, most people riding them are people who live in the area or tourists going to see certain places; the busses seemed safe to me (at least during the day).

The passengers and operators take no games on this route…read more Everyone is polite. Big time bonus points on this part. Please be ready to board this bus with exact change or a loaded Clipper Card. This is my only advice when getting on a route like the 30X. This route may be busy, but the ride is well worth it. With this route also inching through rush hour traffic, it certainly will not be any faster. Unlike the regular 30, buses are always clean especially when it operates this route. I certainly admit to that because we all want a nice clean ride. I know what some of you are thinking of. Yes, this route is operated on 60' buses. So there is no need to feel worried about crowded buses. If you are looking for a faster way to get between Financial District and Marina District, 30X Marina Express is the solution. I do want to add how one reviewer brought up a very good point. It would be nice if this route had additional service to and from Marina/Financial Districts. Overall, I like this route for the fact of clean buses and polite passengers. Advantages: - last bus out of the financial district is 7pm** - this route uses 60' buses - once again, clean buses* *Just really loving this part. **Monday - Friday -- Part of this is because some people get off work a little after 6pm. -- People complained that 40' buses are not very accommodating. -- Yes, more seating and standing room available since this route is operating on 60' buses. Thank you MUNI for making these changes.

The only bus in San Francisco where you walk on and your confidence goes from a high 9 to a low 4…read more Welcome to the most beautiful bus in the city, and I'm not talking about the hard plastic seats or interior advertising. I'm talking about the Bonobos and JCrew models that overcrowd it. The dirty 30 is a Marina staple and goddamn icon. You haven't lived until you've shoved yourself into the bus at Laguna and apologetically 'smized' at that hottie next to you. At any given time you'll overhear girls planning their soul cycle/blue barn adventures that evening, men (or should I say Eskimo brothers?) rocking their Patagonia vests and AirPods, and at least 3 good boys. Also a hard bargain at $2.75 a pop (I'm looking at you Chariot loyalists). A 30x morning is a journey that makes you proud of having a clipper card balance of greater than $20. Welcome to the new age of muni - honestly still wondering why I haven't changed my league profile to say "30X" as the neighborhood.

Seriously - tell me there's a better MUNI line to take from Pac Heights to the Financial District…read morefirst thing in the morning, and I'll slap that lie straight out of your mouth! It's not possible! Folks, it simply doesn't get better than the 1BX if you can take advantage of this glorious route that starts in Laurel Heights and extends to the Embarcadero every weekday. Perhaps I'm one of the lucky ones, because when I'm picked up at the Fillmore/California stop, this bus line literally doesn't have another stop until it comes to rest about 1/4 mile away from the front door of my office. It's as though the public transportation brass devised a way to get me from Point-A to Point-B in the fastest, most efficient way possible, and to those at the helm of this operation, I salute you. Blizzow!

Like most San Franciscans, I have a love/hate relationship with MUNI, and this is best exemplified…read moreby the 1BX line. Inbound: I get on at California and Fillmore, which is the last stop before the FiDi, and find that 7 am - 7:30 am is the optimal time to hop on. If, however, you get on after Divisadero and after 8 am, hope that the person next to you smells nice since you will practically be hugging them for the rest of the ride (on the bright side though, it only takes about 10 minutes from Fillmore and California to Bush and Sansome). But that's IF you get on to begin with. More often than not, the driver will not stop at Cal/Fillmore, OR, will open front doors only, allowing a few lucky people to cram in. Next Muini is pretty accurate though early in the morning: if the bus in front of you is packed like a sardine tin, and the next bus is "arriving" in 4 minutes, just wait. It will likely not be crowded. Outbound: "Patience is a virtue." Repeat as necessary. Arrival is unpredictable and NextMuni is useless. The bus gets super crowded. I'd rather take this line to Pac Heights than the 1, 2 or the 3 though since I won't have to play the "how many stops can we blow through without stopping" game.

The 2 Clement is a very good alternative. Getting a seat is easy upon getting on this bus. There…read morehas not been a time when buses on this route showed completely filled. This is certainly one good thing about this route. Also, it is quiet so catching up on some reading is easy. Overall, very good experiences on this route. If you are headed downtown from the Richmond District, then the 2 Clement is also your answer. 2 Clement to Ferry Plaza

While I'm by no means a seasoned MUNI rider who's taken many different lines, I DID take this bus…read moreto work for months. For those who take BART, it's very convenient as it has stops close to Montgomery and Embarcadero stations, and it also passes through Union Square and Japantown. It was hardly ever crowded during morning commute hours, although in the afternoons from 3pm onwards it would fill up. I do think this is one of the safer and cleaner (less smelly) MUNI lines and most of the drivers weren't mean; many would actually greet me after I became a regular (this is what the 1 star is for). But I HAVE seen passengers get into arguments and yell at each other and crazies while on the bus. I also had one EXTREMELY traumatizing encounter on this line that I had to call and report to police. Ever since that happened, I stopped taking MUNI and I continue to try to avoid it at all costs. Oh, and using the NextMUNI website has proven to be unreliable sometimes, it would say a bus is coming and then it would NEVER show up...I waited nearly an hour for a bus to arrive before. MUNI=last resort and just plain dirty, shady, and a disappointment to a renowned city like San Francisco. If you MUST take it, keep your wits about you...and may your commute be less miserable than mine were when I was on MUNI.

M Ride San Francisco did an amazing job transporting us in their luxury shuttle. Thanks.read more

I needed to get to the Japantown area from downtown and decided to take the bus. I hopped on to the…read more3 Jackson on Sutter between Kearny and Grant on Thursday, November 15th around 5:45pm. According to google maps, I could take the 2 Sutter / Clement or the 3 Jackson, but since the 3 came first, I just hopped on. In about 12 mins and 11 stops, I was at my destination on Sutter & Gough. Not bad for $2.75. (Though I think it's $2.50 with a clipper card?) The bus itself wasn't too packed. I was able to find a seat. A cheap way to get from downtown to japantown.

I enjoy taking a ride on route 3 Jackson because buses are clean. There is also not a time when I…read moresee it arriving at my stop being extremely crowded. I've ridden the 3 from Pacific Heights, Presidio and Laurel Heights straight out to Downtown Financial District. Okay, so this route is only busy during commute hours. Overall, I have not had any problems with this route. 3 Jackson to Presidio & California

I've been living in the Bay for over a year and a half now, and I just barely signed up for this…read moreprogram. I was told before that they've had major problems (i.e. not reading the card properly, getting de-magnetized, etc.). I also thought that I wouldn't be able to purchase the high-value tickets. However, I was convinced by Maria D. (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=7EXWwja2wdSYiCqhR3cTqQ) to finally sign up. I haven't had any problems with it so "those" people were wrong. I find it very convient and it saves constantly buying tickets. It's great for the everyday commuter or even the occassional rider. Now that they have the parking feature, it's even more of time-saver. You don't need to remember your parking stall number, and you have a better chance of catching the train rather than waiting in line to pay $1 for parking during the morning rush. I've missed several trains because of that. The best part is that it auto-loads your card (similar to Fastrak) and you can still purchase the discounted high-value fares. Once it hit below $10, it loads $48 of BART value but only costs you $45.00. I am definitely happy with my card and much thanks to Maria D.! TIP: The parking feature is deducted SEPARATELY from your BART fare. Once parking hits below $10, it auto-loads $40. Also, there's a ONE-TIME fee of $5 for the card and $2 for the parking tag. Your intial costs will be: $45 - EZ Rider card $5 - card fee $40 - parking $2 - parking tag fee ------------------------------ $92.00 total

Your probably wondering what on earth BART EZ Rider Program is! Quite simply, it is Fastrak for…read morepeople who ride BART. No, they don't strap a transponder to your forehead, they give you a card that is the size of a credit card, embedded with some kind of smartcard/microchip thingy. On every entry gate, there is a little round pad , that you swipe the card over when you walk through. When you sign up for the program (currently a pilot program) you give them your credit card number, and they preload $48. Every time you make a trip, it deducts the fare from your balance. Once your balance falls below $10, they automatically top off your card. I've been using this for a week now with great success. People must think I'm crazy, magically swiping my hand over the gate and it opens.... maybe I should start shouting "Open, Sesame" as I walk through and really freak people out! If you use BART everyday, then I recommend signing up. Its a no hassle way to travel. No more lining up to get a new ticket, or having to beg for change to use the Add Fare machine.

There are two cable car lines - the Powell-Mason & the Powell-Hyde. The Powell-Hyde is the more…read morescenic one as it goes right by Lombard St aka Crooked St. As locals we rarely take the cable car. However we happened to be in the area, and the weather was gorgeous. We looked at the line, and decided the line was short enough for us to wait & take a ride on the cable car to take us downtown from the Ghirardelli Aquatic Park area. The line moved very slow as most people wanted to ride outside. When we got close enough the folks in line said we could cut in front of them if we wanted to ride inside. So we did. A couple blocks up Hyde St the cable car conductor announced that the cable car was only going as far as Chinatown due to the parade later on this evening. We got off at Chinatown and walked on Grant Av to downtown. Then took the underground Muni Metro home.

A much better start point for riding the cable car than Union. Especially if you can get here in…read morethe morning while most tourists are either getting ready for the day or eating breakfast. The waits are much shorter here and you get such a better view of how the workers take the cars and turn them around for their return visit up the hills of San Francisco. There is only really 1 thing that is keeping this from being a 5 star review: the workers. They're all very nice and helpful (especially if you have little kids), however, they have absolutely no sense of urgency. They really take their time. And you can tell it's not because there is a hold up on the other end of the line. It's just them being in no rush to get the cars back along their way. But this is an experience you are going to have no matter where you want to get on the car. So, better to do it on an area that isn't also going to be impacted by incredibly long lines of riders.

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...

A&W was quick to respond to my initial quote, professional and affordable…read more Great experience on the day of as well! Highly recommend and I am already planning at least 2 more trips with this company.

Two of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Nicolas was my first contact and responded right away with…read moregreat pricing for SF transport to Santa Rosa. Michael picked me up and waited an extra hour and half due to my flight delay. He helped me with my heavy luggage and was very pleasant especially after I had been traveling all day. We had great conversation and he drove very safe and professional. The SUV was clean and comfty. He offered to pick me up something to eat as well. I would absolutely recommend that you use this company for pick ups, wine tours and more.