The blog that started it all! Check out reviews of every bus route and train station in Boston, as well as ongoing reviews of the regional bus systems in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Recent Posts from Miles on the MBTA
How to Get VIA Rail’s Cheapest Sleeper Ticket
People pay thousands of CANADIAN dollars for a room on the legendary CANADIAN train; we paid $75. The Greater Discussions' BC housing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUZ5bGaqYh0 Check out Denis's transit advocacy group if you're based in Vancouver:...
My First (and Last) Trip on Minneapolis’s Northstar Line
The one silver lining of this thing going away is that it got me to finally edit an over 3-year-old video! https://youtu.be/XwtyJYZqi6U
The Ultimate MetroCard Challenge: Every Mode, Every Agency, Every State!
What a glorious disaster to end the MetroCard's iconic legacy. Check out the amazing New York Times article - thanks to Victor and Vincent for coming along on the trip! https://youtu.be/1UMmhbU8W8o
FINALE – We Crossed All of Canada BY BUS!
The Maritimes + Newfoundland = a Part 2 that somehow manages to be longer than Part 1 despite covering a shorter distance! https://youtu.be/LKBmiVjsjyo
We Crossed All of Canada BY BUS!
It's a big country, folks. https://youtu.be/L7gMg9d1fSU
An Attempted Spirit Airlines Flight from Kansas City to Dallas
I guess I was kinda asking for it, huh?' https://youtu.be/TNBC4VRlRfw
FINALE – We Traveled from Mexico to Canada by LOCAL TRANSIT ONLY!
They don't make it easy to evacuate from tsunamis without a car... https://youtu.be/wk5Bq8HOBlo
We Traveled From Mexico to Canada by LOCAL TRANSIT ONLY!
I can't believe this is possible. Well, in theory. https://youtu.be/5fVaiVhPc9E
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