22 Clark Bus

Boo!
22, why can’t you be more like your punctual brother 147? I need you to get to and from Andersonville on occasion, but more times than I can remember, you’ve left me waiting on the corner until I either give up and take a cab, or end up late for drinks with friends.
Get a watch, 22!

This is a perfect example of the
Cant
Transport
Anybody/​Anywhere/​Anytime
1. You will never feel like your life is NOT in danger. From precarious driving to the homeless/​drug-​addicts using it as their personal staging area for mayhem.
2. It smells. Everything the CTA has, in particular this bus route, smells like it has been dipped in urine, rolled in feces, and put on a hibachi grill to set.
3. It is never on time. Ever. Does the city care? Nope. Why? Because they are horrible at things that cost money. But damn good at collecting it.

Time: Sunday 12÷16÷12, about 5:35 to 5:55 pm
Place: West side of Clark Street at Webster
Two cold and hungry people wait for a 22 bus, on a pretty tight timeline to make a 7pm concert at the Riviera while also stopping to grab a few slices of pizza on the way.
Three #36 Broadway buses go by during that span, with no 22 in sight.
Around 5:58 a 22 bus finally appears… directly followed, of course, by another 22.
You’d think that they could use the Bus Tracker technology to figure this shit out. We built the atomic bomb, sent men to the moon, and came up with the yellow first-​down line on TV. Are you telling me that we can’t properly space out a series of buses along a predetermined route, using data from hundreds of thousands of bus runs collected over a period of years? But by all means, let’s keep raising fares. Fucking jerkoffs.

Bus driver picks me up at
Hubbard and Dearborn at 2:13 am and almost blows by me because he is too busy talking to a dude. Wish they would pay more attention to their route.

When I moved to Lincoln Park from River North and the bus replaced the Brown Line as my closest method of transportation, I assumed it would be a horrible experience — images of crowded, sweaty, stinky busses that came once every half an hour flooded my mind.
I will freely and happily admit that I was dead wrong. When I catch the 22 bus in the morning around 8 a.m., I VERY rarely wait more than two minutes before one rolls up. And to my surprise, boarding the bus in Lincoln Park guarantees me a seat 100 percent of the time — it’s only once the bus hits the Gold Coast that people getting on have to stand.
The 22 bus is also clean and typically filled with hot yuppies. Definitely a bonus.
On the way home from work in the middle of the Loop, around 6 p.m., the same applies — the busses come every several minutes, so there are always seats available.
The only tip I will add is to avoid sitting in any of the handicapped seats up front, because while you may think that the odds of a 300-​pound man with a walker or a belligerent old woman with 10 grocery bags boarding the bus after you and bumping you out of your seat are fairly slim, think again. Chicago is like the USA Network — characters welcome.
Overall, though, I love this bus and couldn’t be happier that it’s my main route. I prefer it over the 36, 156 or 134.

First time rider and loved my round trip on Mr. 22. He was there as expected and got me home in no time.

The #22 Clark Street Bus has to be one of the worst
alternatives to travel.
Unfortunately for me I live 1 block from Clark and Wilson
here in Chicago so the #22 is my main source of travel.
Now, I am not an unfair person by nature, however, I always
take a stand for whats right!
And so much of what I have experienced on the #22 Clark
Street Bus is very wrong.
So, yesterday, I was on this bus to get to my gym and it’s
pouring rain big time and the driver informs us that he is only
going as far as Touhy.
Normally I would say okay, but the fact is that our driver informed
us for the first time only a few blocks before Touhy.
Says he is running late. yeah, no kidding.:(, these busses were
bunching big time yesterday and there was another bus right
in front of us but he would’nt/did’nt pick us up.
So, myself and a family with small children and no umbrella
unceremoniously were put off the bus and since there was
not another #22 in sight had to walk in the rain, now I had to
get to Bally’s at Clark and Howard, no big deal but to add
insult to injury I left my umbrella on the bus because I was
really p.o.‘ed and not thinking.
What the hell, I’m not sugar and I did’nt melt but thats not the point.
This Clark Street Route is getting worse and worse, wait times,
rude drivers, overcrowded busses, increased fares and on game
days at Wrigley the service gets really ugly.
So, I am fed up with the #22, hopefully one day I can move
and get away from this dreaded route.
Weekday Service bad, Week-​Ends even worse!
Do yourself a favor avoid this route at all costs if you can,
Wish that I could.;(

i get the bus at the clark stop in Andersonville to go to Wriglyville. the bus usually takes about 15 minutes to get the and can be crowed on Cubs game day. a big plus is it runs all the time but be warned if its late it will take longer to get there. its a good alternative to the red line

Dear #22:
You are a helpful alternative to my walking to the Wilson Red Line stop to go to work.
For this, I am grateful. Additionally, you are usually pretty clean and run on time.
I do like you. Wink.
xo,
Matty Z

A great bus! Goes lots of places, runs well and often. As long as you are south of Broadway you can take the 36 and pretty much go the same place, but they split at Broadway and Clark.

So this line definitely has plenty of availability and thankfully has not been too affected by the CTA cutbacks. Definitely some crazies when you get farther north, I usually/​would rather take the #36, but overall, not too bad.