NX Judah Express

5 Star — Nx — Judah Express now uses the new hybird buses (With Nx as the blue sign) This express on Geary BLVD than have Muni Only turn on to Park Presidio express all the way 19^th avenue and Judah (Makes local N Stops after that). Must ride I believe this route run every 10min from of service.
Express on reliable routes
Fast Delay Recovery
Nx Run every 10 minutes PM

People of the NX — we know the drill. We get the commute.
Between 7:00 — 8:00AM and 5:00 — 7:00PM, we consider the underground metro stations and normal N stops to might as well be overrun by ravenous business zombies. They will push onto the train when it’s totally impossible, take your seat, proceed to eat your flesh, and suck your will to live. On most days.
The NX provides some level of sanctuary from this. People stand in line, people courteously board the bus without causing physical and emotional trauma, and people generally are taking public transit for the same reason you are. To get from Point A to Point B in the least painful way possible.
For fun, change up your commute and watch the wonderful way people line up and board the bus during the PM commute at Sutter & Sansome. You might cry and try to wipe up your tears up with your Clipper Card.
It’s been late a few times, it’s been crowded a few times, sometimes you might not get a seat, but at least it doesn’t freak out and break down at the Duboce Tunnel while you’re sitting in an air-​conditioning-​seat-​puddle and 20 minutes late.

Families are hugging. Children are sitting on their own. Riders are forming a line up to board, and adhering. No one is peeing, burping, drinking. Everyone is showered. Everyone is seated. From Sansome & Sutter, the bus doesn’t stop until 19^th & Judah, which means the feeling of getting the hell out of downtown when we need to is felt. And, the inbound doesn’t stop between 19^th until it’s at its Sansome terminal. I never thought I’d see a 5 star experience in SF Muni, but so far the first week riding all the way from the beach to the banks in 31 minutes, the NX is it.

This is such a nice escape from the craziness that is the commute hour N-​Judah. Its faster and a lot less stressful.

I’ve been riding the N Judah Express bus since it started service on June 13, 2011 and it has GREATLY improved my commute. I live in the Outer Sunset and work in the Financial District, so I just get on at the first stop (48^th & Judah) and get off at the last (Bush & Montgomery). When it’s time to go home, I do it in reverse. (edited to add: in reverse, the bus boards at Sansome & Sutter)
In my opinion the express bus is much more pleasant than the regular N Judah streetcar (much less crowding), and it consistently saves me 10 minutes both ways.
Yesterday, as I disembarked in the Sunset on my way home, the man behind me scoffed, «Pshh, that STILL took 40 minutes.»
Well, YES IT DID, CAPTAIN CYNICAL. See, the NX Judah Express is a BUS driving across the city during rush hour, it’s not a rocket ship or some kind of hovercraft that can bypass traffic. A consistent 40 minutes, as opposed to an «hour-​ish, whenever, oops it broke down, oh yeah we’re turning around halfway» on the regular N Judah, is fine with me!
The NX Judah Express was never meant to REPLACE the regular N Judah, but rather to act as a service supplement to relieve crowding. I think it works wonderfully for what it is, and it’s a gift to people like me who live and work on opposite ends of the city. It’s not perfect, but I think it is definitely a massive improvement and I hope they keep it around.