MUNI – 23 Monterey

Yet again, the 23 is late. Predictions say 10 minutes, but increase by the minute. Another 30 minutes late. If I could take another bus I would, but unfortunately I can’t.

This bus is almost never on time and to make matters worse, the predictions change around by the minute while you’re waiting. How hard is it to run this bus on a reasonably on-​time schedule to get commuters to Glen Park Bart station? Apparently very!

Worst line on Muni. Nearly never on time. Delays of 15 to 20min are common. How hard is it to keep to a schedule? Other lines are able to do it. Shame on you MUNI!

Bus is scheduled to come every 20 mins during rush hours, but often is more like 40 mins. The schedules are completely unreliable. I went waiting for the bus at 7 am because the schedule showed 7:10 arrival, bus showed at 7:30 am. I found out that the earlier bus arrived at 6:50 am instead of it’s scheduled time.

This bus is not reliable at all, it’s supposed to come every 20 mins, but in early mornings it just doesn’t show up for like 45mins to an hour. I’m relying on this bus to get to work, I wish my boss would let me show up spontaneously like this bus.

The 23 is the bus I ride most often since it’s the closest to my house. It is mostly a good line that gets me from home to Bart and back.
It is rarely too crowded to get a seat. I appreciate that it runs until 11:30 or so during the week. It’s a pretty straight shot to the Glen Park Bart. Since the route doesn’t really have a lot traffic, it moves pretty quickly. The crowd is usually quiet and respectful.
I disagree with those who say this is a reliable line, though. At least ten times, I have been on my way to the 23, when the NextBus all of a sudden changed from 2 minutes to 29 minutes, or something like that. Or sometimes, I’ll check NextBus, and it’ll give times that don’t make sense like 46 min and 56 min.
It runs about every half hour which is probably enough given the demand, but of course I wish it ran more often.
I also wish they could make the bus schedules match the Bart schedules so that I wouldn’t always get off Bart just to wait 20 minutes for a bus home, but that is probably asking too much.

i hate this bus, when i was in 8^th grade going to aptos middle school i went to the back of the bus and i turned to the guy behind me to ask what time it was and he was beating off. afterwards when i got to school i told my music teacher and i had to go the office and talk with cops, they asked me question like what hand was he using or was he wearing a watch, was his wrist hairy. then for awhile everyone at school would tease me. the 23 line sucks. not knocking the drivers or anything but just my experience.

I like this bus line. It gets me where I need to go.

Never a time when this bus is crowded, the 23 Monterey is the route to get on when you want a quieter bus ride.
Passengers taking this route are students going to school at:
— City College of San Francisco Main (Ocean) Campus
— Aptos Middle School
— San Francisco State University (Main Campus)
— Lowell High School
Commuters going to work in the Financial District takes this route to Glen Park BART Station.
1÷11÷2013 & 1÷15÷2013:
There is not a time when this bus is super crowded and everyone is being noisy. Very quiet and comfortable bus ride most of the time. I like that this route takes me to my destination/​transfer point. I don’t recall experiencing a lousy bus ride on the 23 and it is a good alternative to the 44. Otherwise, rush hour commutes are the only time when this bus is busy.
This route stops at:
1) Glen Park BART Station
2) Stern Grove
3) San Francisco Zoo
4) Ocean Beach

I take this bus to work and back to the Glen Park Bart station or whatevers in between. On more then one occasion this bus line has made me late for work. I call myself getting to the bus stop 20 minutes early only to read the arrival time with no bus coming for like an hour this bus dont come run like it used to… I need a car 1^st I gotta get my lz

WORST bus ever!!! I’ve had a long history with the 23 Monterey, I used to take this bus to school. ONLY two fucking buses running on this line. One going towards Hunter’s Point, and the other going to Ocean Beach. It takes FOREVER and a day, to reach you. Your Average wait time can be anywhere from 45 mins to 2 fucking hours. YES, I’ve waited that long for the motherfucker!!! What are the bus driver’s doing??? Taking a long break from sitting on there asses and acting like assholes??? Do NOT take this bus!!!

ALWAYS on time — and I’ve been muni-​ing for 6 years now. I’m in love.
4 stars because in 3 years it went from $ 1 to $ 2… lame.

I always seem to just miss this bus by just a couple of minutes and then i have to wait half an hour, like on new years. I was on my way out and i had just missed it by like a minute (that stupid red light) but then i had almost an hour wait. The main downside is really the waiting for this bus (or maybe is just my luck with muni), but other than that, it couldnt be a smoother ride. Never really packed and always seems to be quiet.

I don’t think I can give anything related to Muni, my arch-​nemesis, more than 3 stars. However, the 23 might be the best bus I’ve ever taken, at least between 8:20 and 8:30 in the morning. I’ve taken it to work for 5 days in a row now, and it always seems to come at the same time. Furthermore, it’s always nearly empty. What more could you ask for besides a totally reformed Muni system?

Thanks to the power of calling Muni, I now know when you are arriving — therefore I am never late. Thank you for always being on time.