LOL, "Lake Superior is like, couple hundred feet deep." Just add about 1,100 feet to that. :-)

Duluth is named after French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, who explored the city's St. Louis River in 1679. French trade posts were already established in the area by then as Étienne Brûlé is credited with the European discovery of Lake Superior before 1620. The area was first called Onigamiinsing or "at the little portage" by the Ojibwe however. The city's Aerial Lift Bridge opened in 1905 as a transporter bridge (which had a gondola car suspended). It was one of two ever built in the US, the other being the former Sky Ride built for the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. It became a vertical-lift bridge between 1929 and 1930. The bridge can be raised to its full height of 135 feet in about a minute and is raised about 5,000 times per year. Curling is one of the oldest team sports as it dates back to the early 16th century from Scotland. Curling in its early days was played on frozen lochs and ponds. The first recognized curling clubs were formed in Scotland, and during the 19th century the game was exported wherever Scots settled around the world in cold climates

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

The lift bridge is cool, but imagine how much cooler it would be if it was still a transporter bridge...

@surf6009

4 күн бұрын

He suffered from gout.

As an elevator enthusiast, I can confirm that skywalk elevator you rode in the beginning was manufactured by a now-defunct elevator company called Westinghouse. And yes, I’m glad you got the famous “dinner bell” seconds later!

Thank you for visiting Duluth! Come back in the summer. During the summer months there is a free shuttle bus that runs from downtown to Canal Park that is kind of fun. We also have a music festival in May (the music scene here is insane) and bands play on the shuttle!

I live in Minnesota. Duluth is only 65 miles away. Thanks for the video. It's a really great area to take a day trip. So much fun and plenty of things going on all year. Excellent food of all kinds.

I have family in Minneapolis and on one visit, we went up to Duluth for a few days. I love that area of the state its so pretty

Yeah I'm a world champion of curling...on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games that is 😂. Seriously though, the game got me into curling and as weird as it may be, it's definitely interesting to watch. Especially the screaming. A Duluth team led by John Shuster won gold back at PyeongChang 2018! Lake Superior is no joke! It's the world's largest freshwater lake by area, it's the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes, and it holds 10 percent of the world's surface fresh water! Don't forget Lake Superior is where the SS Edmund Fitzgerald met its demise. The ship was the largest on the Great Lakes when it launched in the late 1950s and had the duty of carrying iron ore from Duluth to Detroit for nearly two decades. Even if it closes for weather, kudos to Duluth for having a Downtown Skywalk in the first place! The elevator having an old-school bell and no elevator music, the arcade by the pool, the transit machines having an animation of a bus dropping off passengers...it's the little things that count. And dang, 75 cents for ordinary fare? Good deal! That's how much it is on the Newark Light Rail if you only go between the underground stations (Warren St/NJIT, Washington Street, Military Park, Penn Station)...as a certain song about NJ Transit fares goes: ✨Newark Light Rail, cheap if you stay underground✨.

@Josephcavagnaro

Жыл бұрын

Me too i love that game. I have the sochi version

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

I had it on the DS and always played Curling Bowling!

Our transit system just changed! With the “better bus blueprint” it’s pretty good and we have 2 rapid transit lines!

Easily my favorite small city, I used to visit every summer or fall in my childhood to watch the ships. I'll be able to visit more frequently again when the rail line between Minneapolis and Duluth is rebuilt🥳

@MilesinTransit

11 ай бұрын

I'll have to come up again for that!

Just got served up to me as a Minnesotan and Duluth enjoyer. There is a concert venue right next to Canal Park called Bayfront Festival Park and it's surreal watching a concert and having a massive freighter or cruise ship go under the lift bridge just 1000 feet away. Duluth really is a weird and special place.

I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS! Thanks for visiting Duluth Miles! I'm a huge fan and bummed I missed you when you stopped by the Duluth Depot. I'm the manager for the North Shore Scenic Railroad / Lake Superior Railroad Museum, at the Duluth Depot, and I hope you'll be back someday to go for an excursion and to see Duluth in the summertime. But you did a great job seeing a large majority of it during the winter blizzard. Safe travels!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I really need to come back for an excursion! I mean, at this point it's set in stone that I NEED to return when the Northern Lights Express opens up...

I love watching a video of the transit buses I take everyday. It’s super cool!! The blue pedestrian bridge is called the “Minnesota Slip Bridge” and I’m glad you love Duluth

It’s so weird and cool to see you going to my vacation city, I’m from the twin cities and I always would go to Duluth when I was younger, have stayed at that holiday inn many times, the pools are super weird but I love them.

So happy to see Miles having so much fun in Duluth with his special guest Drew Carey,

@daffquess7006

Жыл бұрын

"Things you can say about a bus route, but not your girlfriend."

Great Video! and thanks for the help the other day! Loved the museum

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Pablo!

Born and raised in Thunder Bay - this was always like going to ‘the city’ as a kid (despite ours being bigger haha)

@goldenstarmusic1689

Жыл бұрын

If Ontario wants to play ball we could extend the Northern Lights Express to Thunder Bay to make those trips easier! Albeit if we're looking at Metropolitan area population, Duluth-Superior is the largest on Lake Superior!

@gerrit2409

Жыл бұрын

@@goldenstarmusic1689 I doubt the rails still exist.. but theoretically there is a line that connected Duluth to Thunder Bay that could be refurbished!! And to your other point.. debatable 😏 Duluth/Superior’s Metro is like 290k, but that includes the smaller towns. Just Duluth+Superior is still smaller, you need Proctor and Cloquet before you crack above Thunder Bay!

the line on the sandbar/park point is for the public access beach, people only really swim second half of July - labor day but for the few weeks when the water is pleasant it can get super crowded! Also you can surf there! (also people surf there in the winter sometimes, look up Ice beard surfers!)

im going to duluth later this year for a 3 day vacation, i will be riding the busses in your honor.

@MilesinTransit

Ай бұрын

They've finally done that system redesign, hopefully it's good!

Bus driver on the long run into Wisconsin wondering where you’re going. 😂 Maybe you got a new subscriber that day.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Signs point to no since he was pretty mad... 😂

@davidwolfhudson

8 ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit But, fortunately, no profanity from the driver as you wouldn't have had anyone to get you back 😂

As a Graduate of University of Minnesota Duluth I really enjoyed this video. Duluth is quite lovely. Really excited for the Northern light express (doubly so now that it has planned state funding).

13:15 Reminds me a bit of the Bourne bridge in MA.

I hope to see Lake Superior some day, and Duluth looks like a nice place to see it. Meanwhile, there are live views of the canal and lift bridge on KZread. Miles finds amusement wherever he goes!

20 seconds in and I already love it

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

The beginning of this video was MADE for you

13:42 I looked up the "Humbergracht" and found out it is a Dutch vessel that is currently (June 7th, 2024) traveling to Hong Kong. So cool!

What A Cool City With The Water And Bridges. The Buses Seem To Do Well In The Snow. Always Love Seeing Snow Since I Don't See It Here In San Diego.🌴 Just Love Your Channel. Thank You!!!

That Holiday Inn is the most liminal space thing I've ever seen

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Right??

@BrentFiore

Жыл бұрын

So many old Holiday Inns are, especially the ones with indoor pools. They used to have arcades, restaurant,, lounge, mini golf... Now most just have the pool and empty space.

@bayareaaviation17

Жыл бұрын

@@BrentFiore yeah there’s the one at London Heathrow Terminal 4 in England that has a really famous liminal space photo. I also stayed at one at SFO airport 10 years ago and the lobby could easily have been a liminal space

Fun fact: The last surviving Civil War veteran was buried in Duluth. He died in 1956

Awesome video! Your buddy looks like young Drew Carey.

You rode the bus in the neighborhood I grew up and moved back to after my time in the USMC. The Fond-Du-Lac Apartments was built in the 1880s. There was the original railroad that went to Duluth from St. Paul that ran through the neighborhood of Fon-Du-Lac from Carlton along the St. Louis River through present day Jay Cooke State Park. The original train depot sits next to the Fond-Du-Lac Apartments. Where the bus backed up and turned around was at the Wabegon Bar and Grill (the random bar and grill in the middle of nowhere 😂), the ONLY Minnesota Vikings bar in Wisconsin 😂 it sits on the very northwest tip of Wisconsin surrounded by Minnesota and only accessible by Minnesota HWY 23. The ski resort next to the Wabegon is Mon-Du-Lac. Also the Fond-Du-Lac neighborhood is the original site for the Fond-Du-Lac Band of Chippewa/Ojibwe Tribe whose reservation is a few miles west by Cloquet and Carlton. 🙂

@tylermech66

Ай бұрын

Ah, my city is mentioned! Cloquet resident here learning that there is supposedly going to be a rail line from Minneapolis to Duluth and getting very excited because I despise driving. So many people are hating on the new rail line and saying nobody needs or wants a train line to Duluth but they never stop to consider the people _here,_ in Duluth and the surrounding cities and towns who would be _ecstatic_ to be able to get a train ride to the Twin Cities.

I lived in Duluth for 5 years and thank you for showcasing this incredible city…but you went during the worst time of year And I will say that the DTA really punches above its weight when it comes to the local busses

went there in late July, the koa is horrible there and a train in the middle of the night was the icing on the cake.

I really enjoyed this, it highlights the exact kind of odd experience/place/architecture/isolation I seek out (who the hell knows why, man). Liminal spaces can evoke indescribable solitude and comfort. Thank you for sharing, Miles! I had a lovely former coworker from Duluth who was always talking about it. Gotta add it to my travel list now, and maybe see it in the summer too.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Definitely worth a trip! Thank you!

Outdoor urbanity is important BUT I love those backroom type of inside cities, where you can walk through random buildings that are connected by regular hallways, sneaking your way across a whole city block or two. So fun to explore. Also it'd be funnier if it wasn't a bar, just looking out of your living room and seeing a bus struggling to to a turn reversing up your driveway in the snow

@colinsteadland

2 ай бұрын

they’re a lifesaver in the winter too, it gets so cold up here

Wow, truly seems like a charming and genuine city.

Had some fun in that swimming pool in the Holiday Inn back in the day - we did some "host a murder" parties there, and there was some swimming before the game began.

@chouseification

2 ай бұрын

odd side-trivia related to that hotel. When the POTUS comes to town, that's where he stays instead of the fancier Raddisson. The reason, the Raddisson doesn't have enough fire exit stairwells, so it's considered "a trap" and they'll never have a POTUS stay there or similar places. Clinton stayed there for sure. We know as a bunch of us supporting Rod Grams (the opponent of who Clinton was there to speak for) were running around downtown wearing Grams shirts, and as we ran up the side Avenue near the Holiday Inn, all of a sudden we saw a half dozen Secret Service Agents ahead of a limo pulling down the alley behind the hotel. The Agents all reached into their jackets and put their hands on their firearms, although luckily I and another of our group spotted them fast and halted our group on the far side of the alley. Got some funny looks out of those Secret Service dudes. Then we from only a couple of feet away, saw Clinton through the window of the car... just a normal limo at that point; he was going to do a run on Skyline with one of the Black Student Association program coordinators at UMD. We saw him at campus later on also, this time in the Beast... while we were waiting, I was interviewed by NPR/MPR and we sang "Secret Agent Man" at all of the Secret Service dudes patrolling the crowd (easy to identify as they all had an earpiece with curled cable going into their jackets); most chuckled, while a few were sourpusses. :P

That driver sounded so ticked off 😂😂 Easily got a laugh out of me. Hope you're well!

@MilesinTransit

10 ай бұрын

He was very mad...we had to convince him to let us stay on!

@nikkikim6908

10 ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit Ha!😂 Didn't they say the midwesterners are nice? 😂😂😂

Haven’t finished it yet but I already know it’s going to be GREAT!

7:18 I threw up at that pool when I went to bentleyville 6 years ago. There was way too much chlorine in the pool 😭😭😭

Watching this made me cold. That's how vivid it is. Nice work.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Ooh. This is an evocative comment.

Come back in the summer!!!! It's so much better!!!!

Your editing... I don't know how you do it but please continue.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

That means a lot, thank you so much!

That main downtown street in Duluth looks so much like Rideau Street in Ottawa but the hilly terrain and inland seaport also give it Montreal vibes (other than the lack of French-language signs).

@52_Pickup

11 ай бұрын

Duluth's first European settlers were by the French, and the city is named after the French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut. As per the top comment on this video!

I walk those skywalks and use that DTC everyday. That DTA fair machine has been out of service now for months

yes, i visit duluth every winter, i live there, its is indeed nice

I was there for a visit in December 2022! Grew up there but now I live in FL. Christmas in Duluth is magic ✨

As someone that was also randomly in Duluth this winter for the first time, it’s a wacky city but the ships and bridge are awesome

Funny y’all went to Va Bene. I used to work there.

The thumbnail photo is awesome, had to click and see what you got up to

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! One of the coolest views I've ever experienced.

I am a duluthian, love this and our new system is great

@MilesinTransit

7 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that, it looks like it was a big improvement! (But I'm also really glad we got to experience the crazy 2 extension in a Proterra before it got cut)

That hotel is just so 80's and extra, I love it.

I'm from Minnesota and I also love Duluth, but I live in the TC.

I see that Proterra and I think back to all of the ones the WRTA in Worcester used to run. And then they all magically vanished right after the kung flu hit. But yet bay 8 at the central hub still has the charging equipment.

18:12 Be honest Miles: How many times has a bus driver asked you where you're going?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

SO MANY TIMES YOU HAVE NO IDEA

That bridge is amazing - definitely adding Duluth to the list of places to visit. Cleveland also has a lot of really cool bridges over the river - one of my favorite things about the city.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Cleveland is an underrated bridge city!

@EastBayTransit

Жыл бұрын

​@MilesinTransit There is too many abandoned bridges on the Cuyahoga River lmao

second-best thing ive seen set in a small city on lake superior. sorry, joe pera still holds the lead (and also i think you would probably like it?)

Honestly, this seemed like an awesome time to visit Duluth, other than the snow emergency. Maybe it'll have to be the next trip I make when I get free time, though that Empire Corridor to Chicago Line to Empire Builder, oof. Albany Tangent, since that's my thing now, I guess: if you want a weird hotel experience, there's a hotel here in Albany that has an indoor "green" (actually, it's mostly brown) designed to emulate an idealized colonial Albany green (which is kind of unpleasant in hindsight, _especially_ since it was built in the 70s).

That room is literally the exact opposite of a liminal space, Miles

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

There's a reason I referenced the Twitter account specifically, which also tends to post non-liminal spaces

Finally the transit KZread / curling KZread crossover we all needed! 🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌

Lake Superior contains 10% of the world’s fresh water. Which is a lot.

I visited Duluth (and Superior) once back in 2011, and I had the same thoughts about the hills. But I went in summer when there was a heatwave, so my experience was much different. I did go to the end of the sandbar and dipped my feet in Lake Superior. It was a great trip and a nice city.

For some reason, I want to see the end of Let The Right One In set in the arcade pool.

As a huge fan of the channel Duluth Harbor Cam, Duluth has been on my bucket list for some time now. It’s great to see all of this from a fellow transit rider’s point of view. Thanks for this video!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You got me wanting to travel. I've been trying to conquer the southern states but now I'll hit the Midwest

Duluth's also got some really fun and VERY affordable skiing, too!! Such a lovely little town, I yearn to go back with my friends someday and show them around!

Lake Superior is a couple hundred ft deep? Try like 1,300, largest fresh water lake in the world

Great video, Miles! Did you know that Bob Dylan grew up in nearby Hibbing and Ely, Minnesota? They were old iron mining towns.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

You know what else started in Hibbing, MN? Greyhound!

I think you would like green mountain transit in the burlington, vt area.

@MilesinTransit

11 ай бұрын

I've ridden it pre-redesign, it definitely punches above its weight!

God I love snowy far-north places. Looking out into the sea and just seeing a snowy white haze. Even in New England you can kind of get this same experience in some places.

Didn’t know the back rooms had a subway

@0:52 you correct yourself and address Duluth by its proper noun, city. lol That remind me of this quote: Mr. Neely: [about St. Louis] It's a grand old town. Tootie: It isn't a town, Mr. Neely. It's a city. It's the only city that has a world's fair. My favorite. Wasn't I lucky to be born in my favorite city? -From Meet Me In St. Louis. Anyway, thanks for sharing, great video as usual! :]

I remember going to duluth a couple years ago and being amazed. I never thought that in the moddle of no where Minnesota there was such a beautiful city

Lmao you released this as I'm visiting Duluth

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Ha, good timing! It's probably got quite a different vibe now that the weather's warmer.

@harlander-harpy

Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit yeah, no, I was impressed you guys were walking around at night cos my friend was saying winters are typically below 0 and that sounds miserable with the lake wind. Feel like we should pick it up and swap it with Bellingham WA. That would be nice

Just started watching your channel, last video I thought I'd see is a random one about Duluth, MN. I've lived in MN most of my life, and visited Duluth at least once a year with my family growing up. It was cool to see the Holiday Inn, always remembered there were 2 pools on different floors and thought that was cool as a kid. Glad I found your channel!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

As someone who is just as aimless when they travel, I enjoyed this video and can relate to this video very much.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You made it work in a completely enjoyable way! Thanks for opening me up to an experience I would have never tried.

All of the UK's curling rinks except one are in Scotland. As for that one other rink? Its in Tunbridge Wells, which is a town just over half an hour southeast of London by train.

@joermnyc

Жыл бұрын

Not sure if it’s every stone, or just the Olympic ones, but the curling stones are quarried in Scotland.

@kelvinc

Жыл бұрын

@@joermnyc Island of Ailsa Craig off the Scottish coast. The other main source is Trefor in Wales, though AC is better known.

“Skywalk” … huh. I didn’t know Duluth called their elevated covered walkways skywalks. In the Twin Cities we call them skyways. Seems unnatural to me. Anyway I love Duluth. The city and the North Shore of Minnesota is such a great place to visit. We try to get up there at least once a summer. I’d say it’s one of America’s best kept secrets. I also stayed at that Holiday Inn with my wife almost 9 years ago. It really hasn’t changed one bit.

16:35 that’s most likely ski resort condos

Really a fascinating video. You see how these Wisconsin and Minnesota towns/cities have so much in common with Canada and Scandinavia. A unique region of the United States. You should do more like this one.

@52_Pickup

11 ай бұрын

We need another Miles trip to the Twin Cities! It would be interesting to see videos on other cities like Madison, Rochester MN, Wausau, Milwaukee, etc.

Reason to go to Duluth Trading Co in Duluth- Minnesota is one of the few states where clothing is tax exempt.

Duluth is an amazing place to visit! However, as a resident of the area, you missed so many cool places and opportunities. Like Tubing or Skiing down the hills at Mount Du Lac, Snow Shoeing through the Snowy Trails in Hartley or Bagley, Exploring the Local Shops and Resturants in West Duluth like FrostRiver and OMC, The Bentlyville Light Show, Glensheen Mansion and the Older, Rich Neighborhoods, Indoor Malls like Miller Hill Mall, Duit Sites, and Fitgers, Driving through Jay Cooke State Park to see the Swinging Bridge, Driving over the Bong or Blatnik Bridge to Visit Wisconsin, The Views from Enger Tower, Eating at Pizza Luce, Crooked Pint, The Cast Iron, The Beacon, Duluth Grill, Canal Park Brewing, Tavern on the Hill, or Blackwoods, Going Bowling at Skyline Lanes, Throwing Axes indoors at Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Walking Along the Boardwalk, Riding the Scenic Railroad, and more. Don’t even get me started with things to do in the summer.

Reminding me of a recent trip to Houston, "oh its 7:00pm, pedestrian tunnels are closed".

I’ve always wanted to visit Duluth! Cos Maria Bamford.

@misisipimike8020

Ай бұрын

Cone visit! It's especially beautiful in June to October. And we have an incredible music scene.

Duluth rules. I used to go there for hockey tournaments and stay at the holiday inn. Love the tin bottom pool. You're lucky the place wasnt packed with hockey players. Yoi got a great tour, that curling club won the olympic gold in 2018. Its criminal Amtrak doesnt go to Duluth

@maxcrazyhorse

Жыл бұрын

The northern lights express is funded Amtrak is going!!!

@goldenstarmusic1689

Жыл бұрын

Just you wait until Northern Lights Express begins service! Thank goodness we funded it this year after all this waiting.

@lily-kp1ll

6 ай бұрын

I rode it in the 80's. Glad its coming back.

It’s so neat to see your own town being explored and appreciated by fresh eyes, especially considering they’re seeing the harshest time of year here!

Hey, Miles! i was dying when you started saying potato, that got me thinking, what type of bus is a potato?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

A Proterra!

miles this is one of my favorites so far, the aimlessness gives it a little something special

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I do like the way it just kind of putters along.

Duluth has always been on my radar for places to visit, it looks so cool! I'm so happy they're finally getting a train there

the fact that there we 0 other people on EVERY bus [except one] says a lot about our transit system lol

You’ll have to come back and review the “Better Bus” redesign you mentioned-we’ve got a completely new route system with more frequent and faster trips and also express lines, new signage and shelters. Oh, this is so cool! I’ve been watching this channel for a few weeks and didn’t know you had a video on Duluth. I’m a lifelong resident of the Twin Ports-my mom worked in that Holiday Inn for decades and I basically grew up there, and I’ve street performed up here, and am a daily bus rider. It’s so interesting to see your hometown from a stranger’s perspective, especially one who is also presumably pro-transit! Duluth/Superior seems to be an especially car-centric small metro even for America, probably because of the major urban sprawl (since we are divided by the bay, and the hillside has made sprawl cheaper), the proximity to the Iron Range, and the climate.

@eawviolin

2 ай бұрын

Also, the restaurant is Sara’s Table-come under recent controversy for the owner’s anti-transgender policies. The sand bar is Park Point. And the building you were in is the Dewitt-Seitz building, and it’s on the National Registry of Historic Places. In my opinion, taking the Blatnik bridge on the bus over to Superior is one of the best views in the area, because if you have a clear window, you get to see the Bay from up high with a huge window. Way better experience than the automobilists get.

@MilesinTransit

2 ай бұрын

Did we ever actually shout out the name of the restaurant? If the owner's an ass then maybe it's a good thing we didn't...

@eawviolin

2 ай бұрын

@@MilesinTransit I mean, fair.

@friedzombie4

2 ай бұрын

Definitely come back in 2028 when the x4 round trip per day train is built.

@eawviolin

2 ай бұрын

@@friedzombie4 I pray to all of the gods above that we get the Northern Lights Express. That would change so many lives.

If a Proterra combusts in the woods, but nobody's there to hear it...

Duluth/Superior are underrated

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Truly!

Whenever I hear Duluth, I think of Maria Bamford. And that's a pretty decent thing to associate with Duluth, I think.

Duluth is a beautiful city and there is a lot to do. The skywalk system was built in the sixties and seventies when most of the major shopping places were still downtown, including the big department store called "The Glass Block." Lake Superior at it's deepest is about 1400 feet deep.

Looks like Antarctica with a Subway, the kind you eat not a Metro!

It's so great to see videos of people enjoying my city! The winters are really long so we get tired of the snow once Christmas is over. As you can see we get a ton of snow! Even so, we love living here. You should come back and visit in the summer time and get that experience as well. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip here.

Is that a direct quote from the driver in the description?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

No, that's for the normies who find this expecting a normal travel vlog!

@Danno385

Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit hahaha didn't realize I was in so deep, felt normal to me

Emergency transit should mean extra service, not less service. This is when it is most needed. One more example of how transit is viewed as only for the poor and therefore can be neglected. Or perhaps because the transit agency spent money on electric buses before they even had enough buses for an adequate service.

@user-eq8gg3hl3m

Жыл бұрын

Buddy, you don’t get it, when you have a winter like this it’s bad enough that almost nobody leaves home. Seriously if you don’t have a giant 4wd truck you can just call off work and nobody bats an eye. (Plus this was the worst winter I’ve ever seen in 20+ years)

@ericbruun9020

Жыл бұрын

@@user-eq8gg3hl3m I do get it. I live in Helsinki. They make the transit keep working. The hospitals and power plants must still operate. These workers appreciate transit that does not shut down. The US is just a country that does not want to spend money at any level to help regular workers.

Duluth? Who knew? That was great. Is it always dark there? It seemed really dark. I'm also surprised that a place that snowy seems to do such a poor job of snow cleanup (city streets were okay, but don't people shovel their sidewalks? Or is that just a Massachusetts thing?) I learned a new fact about Duluth being the furthest inland port.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

I think we were just there at a time when the days were at their shortest. The sidewalks were pretty bad - we saw some impressive industrial snowplows, but they were for the roads!

@clark523

Жыл бұрын

That time of year it gets dark at like 4pm. And yeah they visited in the middle of a very snowy week iirc, but it is almost always a bit of a struggle getting streets and sidewalks cleared nicely

@joshantonich2930

Жыл бұрын

The city doesn't care about the streets. Every year Lake Ave gets iced over and every year people are dumb enough to go down it thinking they can stop on ice. Every year there's a car accident on Lake Ave. Just like every where else, people do not care in the city. Beautiful lake front and Rose Gardens. Horrible city

@tbob8212

Жыл бұрын

I live in Duluth and shovel my portion of the city sidewalk 😊

@cartatowegs5080

11 ай бұрын

In Duluth you are supposed to shovel your portion of the sidewalk but most don't and by January February the sidewalk is 5ft of snow and becomes impossible

Living with Canadian climate but without Canadian social services.