2 minutes
“Holy shit, the 37 is real.”
Cryptozoologists hate this one trick. Put down the burrito and walk with purpose.
Live · 37 at Church & 14th St, toward the Haight
Asking Muni nicely…
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The scale
Every wait has a mood.
Departure boards give you a number. We give you a number and an honest opinion about it.
6 minutes
“Stay put, lazy bastard.”
Not enough time for anything, too much time to stand there with dignity. Scroll the app. That's what it's for.
12 minutes
“Make coffee. Reconsider your life.”
Pour-over takes four. That leaves eight for an existential crisis. Plenty.
20 minutes
“Walking is starting to look attractive.”
The hill says no. Your legs say no. The 37 also says no, just more slowly.
No prediction
“Schrödinger's 37: both coming and not coming.”
Until you look at the street, every bus exists in a superposition of on-time and cancelled.
Bus vanishes from the map
“The 37 has entered the witness protection program.”
New name, new route, new life. We wish it well. We'd also like it to come back.
The app
Disappointment, beautifully arranged.
Pick any line and stop. Get live arrivals, a map of where the bus actually is, and widgets that judge your commute without you unlocking your phone.
Features
Technically a transit app.
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Live bus map
Watch a little red dot not move, in real time.
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Lock Screen widgets
Be let down without even unlocking your phone.
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Favorites
Curate your suffering. Drag to reorder it.
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Every Muni line
Buses, streetcars, the Metro. Not just the 37. The 37 is just the most emotionally available.
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No account, no ads
We don't know who you are. We only know you're waiting.
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Fresh every 70 seconds
Live predictions from 511.org, as fresh as Muni's own data allows.
Pricing
$0.99once
Your 99¢ flattens San Francisco.
The 37 isn't late because Muni is bad. The 37 is late because it has to climb Twin Peaks, twice, like a Sisyphus with a fare box. So every cent you pay goes straight into an aggressive lobbying campaign to get rid of the hills. No hills, no waiting. It's just physics.
- Hire a lobbyist with a bulldozer.Rent a small office near City Hall. Park the bulldozer outside, menacingly.
- Rename Twin Peaks to Twin Flats.Get it on the ballot. Signage first, geology later.
- Lower Corbett Avenue to sea level.The steepest part of the 37's day becomes a gentle roll. Buses arrive early, out of sheer confusion.
- Nob Hill becomes Nob Plain.Cable cars repurposed as decorative sculptures. Very nice, nobody minds.
- Never wait for the 37 again.That's the dream. We'll update this page when the hills are gone.