A new city, a whole new transit system! From my home base at the University of Pennsylvania, I’ll be reviewing every bus route and train station on the sprawling SEPTA.
*Full Disclosure: I volunteer on the SEPTA Youth Advisory Council, but all opinions on this blog are my own.
Recent Posts from Miles on SEPTA
It’s Just a 35-Hour Greyhound Trip. What Could Go Wrong?
This was meant to be a benign bonus video for Patreon, but the 'Hound had other ideas. https://youtu.be/G5UKq73ez3E
Montreal’s REM Extension to Deux-Montagnes – First Trip and Station Reviews!
I'm extremely late on this, but at least it's a feature-length film, so hopefully worth the wait? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhLawauihOE
5 Trains a Day: How is Vancouver’s Single Commuter Rail Line So Popular?!
I didn't think I'd be saying this about a five-times-a-day service, but there's some Canadian transit magic at play here! (Well, plus density near stations and extremely smart bus pulses.) Check out Denis's transit advocacy group if you're based in Vancouver:...
50 Years Ago, West Virginia Built the “Future” of Transportation (And 50 Years Later, We Rode It)
Vegas Loop, eat your heart out. https://youtu.be/08HNZbxfai4
Dallas’s Brand-New Silver Line: First Trip and Station Reviews!
Man, Dallas TURNED OUT for this!DATA does amazing transit advocacy work: https://dallasareatransitalliance.org/ https://youtu.be/M2-AwRhG7iQ
Kansas City Just Achieved the Impossible…
A useful modern streetcar in the USA is genuinely so exciting...and this is just the beginning for KC! Check out Urban Lab KC: https://urbanlabkc.org/ https://youtu.be/LDqsQBglwF8
How Does America’s Original Modern Streetcar Stack Up?
Crazy that if you build a streetcar that goes places, people actually use it! https://youtu.be/bWg-H6s0TiQ
Arcadia Valley – Least Used Amtrak Station in Missouri
Alternate title: Miles Spends Approximately 60 Hours Wandering Around the Schnucks Service Area Self-aggrandizing link: https://www.cameo.com/milesintransit Follow Royce on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/rustbeltenjoyer.bsky.social Subscribe to Geoff Marshall -...
We Missed the Last Bus From Reading to Philly…
Our trip fell on Pennsylvania Supremacy Day Eve, though, so good timing. LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://youtu.be/yQID3M45jFk?si=ivtDl6yC_oTcwMM6 https://youtu.be/p-x_R4OLl7w
Pittsburgh’s Insane Out-Of-Service Light Rail Line is (Temporarily) Running Again
It's worth a visit to Pittsburgh all on its own...and Pittsburgh is already WELL worth a visit all on its own! https://youtu.be/LhtKeE20Qxs
Does Palma de Mallorca Have Europe’s Worst Metro System?
Unless you can find me another metro system that doesn't run every day, I'm not budging on that title! (and I don't think the Serfaus U-Bahn counts, but that's a fun one to look up if you haven't heard of it!) https://youtu.be/nWGhsp-0KfA
We Visited the Deepest Subway Station in North America
...but not before some bus shenanigans to try to get to it! https://youtu.be/CWQR57Q3lDk
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras – FIRST TRIP from Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA! – Apparently a Trip Report
So exciting to see service return to the Gulf Coast for the first time in 20 years! Also, the title SHOULD say "Mardi Gras Service" but then I'd be over the character limit. Classy Whale's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nyXTbQY0kw Transit Tangents:...
We Circumnavigated Vancouver Harbour Using Only* Transit!
*The kayak's status as "transit" is up for debate in the comments. Movement's YouTube channel Great video about the Berlin rowboat from What on Earth is This https://youtu.be/QacR2MYZFCM
The HIGH-SPEED Ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia – Apparently a Trip Report
For once, we're NOT the pariahs! https://youtu.be/AUQLkMGMlU0 (sorry, I couldn't get the embed to work for some reason!)