MUNI – 37 Corbett

The drivers are pretty nice. The ride itself is fun. However, the bus is late much too often. Sometimes it doesn’t come at all (actually, pretty often). I’ve had to wait over 30 minutes for a bus too many times. Kinda ridiculous.

I don’t think I could have lived where I do without this bus. Its a little bit of a pain that its not as frequent but otherwise its an amazing line.

Here’s another review no one at MUNI will read or care about, yay! This socialist thinks it’s about time to privatize the bus system.
The 37 used to be one of MUNI’s better lines, one that was actually pretty nice to take — no poop, no vomit, no threatening people… However, you can’t like a bus when you can’t actually get on it. Yesterday I was going to take the bus to Safeway to do some last minute shopping, and since the bus only runs every 30 minutes on Sunday nights, I timed it right so that I’d have a few minutes to spare at the bus stop, and not having to miss the bus as I really didn’t want to be left stranded in the cold for 30 minutes at night.
I got to the stop on Haight and Clayton, where there was a note that said that due to the street festival that had been going on, this stop wouldn’t be serviced, but rather there would be a temporary stop on Cole and Waller until 9pm. Although traffic looked normal, the time was 8:42, so I started running to beat the bus to Cole and Waller. Of course it was not marked WHERE on Cole and Waller the temporary bus stop would be, and as I was at the intersection wondering whether I should cross the street or not, the bus came up behind me. I therefore assumed that the bus driver knew that it was a temporary stop, so I waived at him so that he’d pull over and I could get on.
HOWEVER, instead of doing what he gets paid far too much money to do, which is, you know, PICKING UP PASSENGERS, he made a hand gesture back at me and kept going. I was left standing wtf was happening — was all that running and timing in vain, seriously? Wtf am I supposed to do while freezing my ass off for the next 30 minutes? Stare at my shoes?
Anyway, I was so pissed off that I decided to call 311 to complain (no I’m not dumb enough to think anybody at MTA really cares, but I needed to vent badly as I was so pissed off that I was genuinely worried I’d hurt myself or somebody else), and I got hung up on TWICE before finally getting through to speak to an operator (which btw was really nice and patient, too bad she’s not a bus driver making $ 100k while dealing with the public), meaning I had to suffer about 10 minutes combined of their really shitty waiting music.
Of course since there was no way I’d wait for thirty fucking minutes for the next bus, I ended up taking an über. If MUNI was a company with any sort of respect for their customers (hahahahahaha MUNI loves their riders like Hitler loved Jews), they’d reimburse that along with a personal apology from the driver, but given that this is MUNI, they’ll probably give him an award for ruining a tax payer’s day.
I know I’m always saying that I’m going to buy a car, but this time I mean it. I don’t want to leave a bigger carbon footprint than necessary, but MUNI can render even the most hardcore environmentalist into a hardcore driver in less than a week.

OMFG! I’m amazed at the reviews here. If Unilocal only offered NEGATIVE stars.
This bus is the worst. Hopelessly crowded, especially on the homeward commute. Not enough buses, not enough room, not enough anything. And they continue to cut service, ever so gradually, completely counter-​intuitive to the ridership. Awesome? I think not. Awful? Absolutely. MUNI is a sham in general; this bus line is the epitome of MUNI’s incompetence. Plus Kyle and Denny hold court here.

Good fast route

Today was Pink Saturday in the Castro. The day before Pride. The normal route for the 37 was blocked on Market St. It was a madhouse on the alternate route down Noe to 19^th St. Lots of people stopped the bus to ask directions or if the bus was going their way. Most times no. But the driver kept his cool and got us home safely. Even he had a rough drive he still managed to say, «Have a good night». That was a nice thing to say. I ride this bus at least twice a day. My bus, my ride, my favorite!

For someone who took this bus line to get from her wedding ceremony to her reception, I am a FAN! It’s a newer bus, never crowded, and pretty accurate. Unfortunately, it just doesn’t run as often due to it being a less popular route. I normally take the 37 between Cole Valley to the Church street station.

I like how buses on this route is never crowded and the drivers on this route are very nice!
37 Corbett to Haight & Masonic

great drivers

My youthful enthusiasm for the Ghost Bus abated. Shelled out for a motorbike to do in 8 minutes what would have taken 43.
To the MUNI relativist, it’s a dream. But it’s still unfortunate to waste so much time on public transport in such a small city. There are a lot of scooters and motorcycles in the neighborhoods along this line because of the hills and slow multi-​stop connections to downtown. I would not have enjoyed the neighborhood as long as I did without mine.

The Glass Coffin Express from Burnett to Castro! Great MUNI line in the morning but it just needs to run more frequently in the evenings; every 20−30min is NOT enough! And if you are 50+, gay, and heading down to the Glass Coffin it’s tons of fun!

I love this bus route. Both in and outbound. It starts at the Haight and ends by Sota high school.
Important stops along the way:
1. Church Station
2. Market St
3. Rooftop Alternative School
4. The bus stop of the 48 and 52
Awesome awesome awesome

Only things you can really fault it are the fact that it just doesn’t run that often compared to other lines, and the crazy, windy ride. Can’t blame the bus for the latter though, cause thats just how those neighborhoods are set up, and the bus doesn’t go downtown it just picks up people from the Church and Castro metro stations mostly who don’t want to walk up the hills.
ALWAYS have the clean hybrid buses, and what’s also cool is in many spots along the route, you can take the bus going either direction. I live at the top of 17^th and Clayton, so when i get to Church and 14^th and my usual route is behind, I can run across the street and catch the other one and will only have to walk a block or so more than usual to get home.

The drivers are nice. The buses are quiet. They mostly leave on time. However, I get caught in the Castro often trying to get home only to give up and grab a taxi or hike up the hill. Don’t believe the Next Muni readout, that five minute wait could turn into a 46 minute wait in the blink of an eye.
Also, I’ve had the driver at the origination point at Parkridge on a few occasions tell me that in fact the bus I was trying to catch at 4:30 was canceled and they were the 5:00 bus and I’d have to wait 35 minutes to get down the hill. Thankfully the walk down is easy and only 20 minutes. When you can catch it, it’s great.

The 37 is the quintessential short-​bus. I tend to agree with Mike F. tho, we are spoiled as the times I’ve been stranded by the 37 have been reduced greatly.
The only real complaint I have is with the driver that leaves Parkridge at 8:42 instead of 8:45, consistently! — doesn’t seem like a big deal, but 3 minutes can mean the difference between being on time or late for work. She also goes down the hill faster than an old wooden roller coaster. Why? There’s no one at the stops because she’s getting to them 3 to 5 minutes earlier than scheduled.
It will be interesting to see the changes proposed to the route next year.

This bus once hit my roommate’s car. As in sideswiped it.
Charity star for new hybrids, NextMuni and it no longer being my problem since I’ve long left the mountains of San Francisco.

I’m the first person to rate the 37-​Corbett? What’s wrong with you people?
This is, by far, the most amazing bus line in the entire Muni system. When I first became a Muni freak five years ago, I would see this thing’s route on the bus-​shelter maps and think, «Huh?» It looked cool, but it would also require some time to ride the thing from start to finish and back again.
Fast forward a few years. I decided to bite the bullet when I saw a 37 belching down Haight Street. I ran to Masonic and waited, catching my breath, for the bus to turn the corner. I continued to wait. And wait some more. It finally made the turn, and when the driver opened the door – he got out of the bus. I had hit one of its termini.
So I got on and waited, and I wasn’t disappointed. This is a crazy route. It goes every which way, and there were times at which I was actually close to my neighborhood but didn’t know it. I recognized some street names, but I had never driven them, let alone walked or bused them. A half hour later, I got to the other terminus. This one is just below Twin Peaks. The driver was cool with allowing me to wait in the bus, so I did – and did almost the whole route in reverse.
I rode this bus again recently, this time on one of the new hybrid buses, a mini version for this bus line’s small streets. The experience was even more enjoyable, both because I had my dad with me, who loves this kind of stuff, and because the driver talked to us while eating his sandwich at the Twin Peaks terminus.
If you’re in love with public transit or Muni, or if you just want to see how the other 863^rd lives, take the 37-​Corbett.