Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Top 5 San Francisco Muni Lines

I used to live in San Francisco. It had a great public transportation system, albeit a bit colorful at times. This list is to celebrate that color. If you want a list of best muni lines to get you around San Francisco, this is not the list for you. If you have ridden SF's muni a lot and have the battle scars to prove it, read on.

Honorable Mentions:

The 108 out to Treasure Island
-Some very interesting people ride this bus. The ride sucks, but sadly its the only way out to the quite awesome Treasure Island.
BART-I actually love the BART. It is cheap, fast and takes you places, but this picture was taken outside of a BART station, and I just had to post it.
F-Market- The line goes from Castro through downtown on Market and then out to the Embarcadero. The line use the old fashioned street cars from all over the country. It is a pretty route, with cool cable cars, but I have seen old ladies pushing shopping carts make better time.
6 Parnassus- I have heard an SF saying, "slower than the 6 Parnassus"

5. The Cable Cars-yes, they are pretty, and,yes, they deserve to be on the top 5, seeing as how they are everyone's iconic view of San Francisco, but they really are mainly tourist traps. They don't go anywhere useful, and their views aren't as good as some.

4. The L taraval-Anyone who has gone to college at SFSU has ridden this line more times than they can count. Lots of great times.

3. 38 Geary- One of the SF double busses. It takes you where you need to go and it does it well.

2. The Owl- have you ridden it? It may be a crazier ride than the Knight Bus in Harry Potter. They can get you across the city in 5 minutes. You may just have to wait 2 hours to catch one. I am convinced there is a secret password to call it, and I just don't know it.

1. The N line- Just name it and it takes you there. Starts in the Sunset (near GG Park), goes out to the 9th and Irving (near good eats and drinks) AND it is is one of the only cars that goes out to the Cal Train Station an SBC Park (or whatever it's called now)

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