45 Stockton

That does it! After observations this week, I will have to say that comfort wise, the 41 is the line for me. Not that I won't keep trying combinations of lines but after my 45 experiences this week, I have to admit it. The 45 isn't bad until it gets to the head of Chinatown at Stockton and Columbus. Then masses of people with pink plastic bags board without any care for personal space or if you are holding something fragile. Absolutely zero concern. You could be pregnant and holding a birthday cake and they will shove you aside. 

That said, there is a strange thing about the underground near the Embarcadero station. This is where I switch lines to get to work. On the way home, I cannot understand why, without fail, the train stops just as it enters the station to wait for the previous train to leave. Don't they time these things? It concerns me that this is a daily occurence. Why does it take so long for that previous train to leave? It happens no matter what time I get on the train. Even if its a train ending at Embarcadero, it doesn't take more than a few moments to do a sweep to see if anyone's left on the train. It's even less fathomable, when the train is due to go all the way to Caltrain or Sunnydale, that it takes so long. Why doesn't it take the same amount of time as everywhere else?

Loony. 

The highlight of this MUNI week, however, was when a driver (on the 41 of course) passed some people at a stop telling them that it was too full and that another bus was coming shortly. I know it must suck for those people waiting, but I seriously think it is a hazard to squeeze people in the way they do. There should be a limit. And hey... if we need more buses, all the better! I'm sure people out there could use the job right? Maybe I would feel differently about passing people up at night, but I have never seen a bus congested at night like they are at rush hour.