Blair and Marc are the breakout stars of this series. I want to travel with them.

@gem1607

Жыл бұрын

I appreciated their chill vibes!

@thatguy9940

Жыл бұрын

I would totally buy them all the cocktails if I were on their team!!!

@pepeshadilay

6 ай бұрын

They are drunks !!

@cherryslat5702

4 ай бұрын

@@gem1607 Lol yes it kinda goes against the suspense of the series but I just love how relaxed and well-matched they are.

The fact that there aren’t hourly Acela departures between Boston and New York is criminal

love seeing blair and marc go from worst to first, what a redemption story

I agree that Jordan should've mentioned the time that pizza was in the Korean War. My grandpa has told me about the heroic actions of that pizza in our Korean People's Army. The pizza played a huge role by single-handedly pushing the US and UN soldiers south of the 38th Parallel and saved our country. He is just such an inspiring person especially considering he’s a war veteran. No one has been in as many wars as that pizza. Even when he passes away, he will forever be a legend. Because legends never truly die when they remain in our hearts. Thank you, Comrade DiGiorno, for everything and for being you. Newark Penn Station opened in 1935 and was designed by the same team behind the original NY Penn Station, the Farley Building (now has Moynihan Train Hall) and the Brooklyn Museum, McKim, Mead & White. Despite being 10 miles from New York Penn, Newark Penn is a major station in its own right and is in the top ten of the busiest railway stations in North America. The main waiting room has medallions showing the history of transportation, from wagons to steamships to cars and airplanes, the eventual doom of the railroad age. Chandeliers are decorated with Zodiac signs. Newark Penn Station was extensively renovated in 2007, with restoration of the facade and historic interior materials as well as platform improvements.

That Greyhound substitute from Raritan Valley was a wet lease - the bus is hired for the trip with a driver. Greyhound did that pretty often out of Port Authority in the 90s if the route was oversold. Very mixed results - sometimes a nice, new and clean bus with just a few overflow passengers and sometimes a packed creaking dinosaur with a broken toilet and a driver who hasn't been east of the Hudson since they were 12.

“That was a good review from MEEEEEEEEE”

The post-credits scene in this one are chef's kiss...the music of that sushi game goes as hard as Jackson's! I've told you you're the American Gordon Ramsay in the Rutgers shuttle video...and I see you've embraced it 😂. Blair saying "This is hard" while proceeding to keep chillaxing...priceless. WHAT A REDEMPTION ARC FOR MARC AND BLAIR! GG!! Marc put the arc in redemption arc! Newark Penn Station is nice and kudos to them for keeping their beautiful station as a hub with the different NJT bus lanes, Amtrak, NJ Transit commuter rail, Newark Light Rail, and Greyhound, but I definitely agree that it can be confusing. In my experience, the bus lanes at Journal Square are better to understand with where each bus is with information posted clearly. The rolling stock of the AirTrain that you were on at EWR were made by Von Roll and completed by AdTranz in 2000 (who acquired Von Roll's monorail division). AdTranz would be acquired by Bombardier in 2001 who in turn would be acquired by Alstom, so Alstom now operates the AirTrain Newark and the system will be replaced. The AirTrain JFK rolling stock on the other hand are Innovia Metro ART 200s, also operated by Alstom. The same ones on the Capital Airport Express in Beijing, the Vancouver SkyTrain, and the Kelana Jaya Line in Kuala Lumpur

The minute you started with “where did you come from and where are you going” I was like “I hope he turns this into a cotton eye Joe joke.” And you did! I was not disappointed. Lol

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

I'm almost certain I stole that bit from Jackson, but thank you 😂

as someone from jersey i legit let out a little sigh of frustration when you decided to take the PATH to newark and then one of the buses instead of the subway to penn and the NEC straight to EWR - the PATH is legit only useful if you're trying to save money on NJT costs or you're trying to get to/from any of the stops it services in between Newark and New York, like Jersey City and Hoboken. I don't know if you've ever considered a video of trying to ride ALL the lines in NJ Transit's trains or trying Newark's subway/light rail - it could be an interesting (exhausting) adventure!

Just remember Miles to NOT take the PATH Train on the weekends and the NJT #62 Bus when trying to to get Newark Airport but it makes a great tension building video!!😂😂🤣🤣

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

Miles knows this. The dude’s a transit connoisseur. Miles and Sym deliberately took the slowest way possible to Newark Airport so they could miss their flight. Had they caught the flight then they would’ve easily won. Miles wanted an airline team to get upset by a slower means of transportation since that would’ve made the race more interesting.

@waterlooandcityline

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonard_Wilson Again, it's funny that you think we're gonna take you seriously.

@alk61695

Жыл бұрын

​@Leonard Wilson just like how the JFK team had to take the A train instead of the LIRR right?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

I do like how this framing turns my stupid decision to take PATH into a 4D Chess Content Move...hmm...

@alk61695

Жыл бұрын

@Miles in Transit I am just making fun of the fact he thinks it's scripted. Though as someone who had to rely taking the PATH to work on weekends, it was so unreliable.

This cast hits its stride when everyone is tired and grumpy. We got a little made-up escalator drama, food critic criticism, nap discussions, a review of the monorail AND bonus homemade sandwich, and feuding temper tantrums. This was such a fun series!

I will never be jetlag less with the great race

Miles discovered the airlines “flat tire” rule. If you’re late for your flight most airlines will book you space available on the next flight going to your destination. Sometimes in multi airport cities they’ll move you onto a different airport. (JFK to LGA. Or SFO to OAK)

miles the food critic critic is the best we need more of him

I love the different approaches from each personality and how stress is handled!

25:50 we all want miles the film critic reviewing miles the food critic critic on the next video!!

Conclusions from this racing series: Aircraft are the quickest point to point, but they are probably more draining than it’s worth, especially trying to get to EWR from New York. At least for me, delays in an airport are basically guaranteed outside of the summer, and that brings me to the main point of reliability. Connecticut not withstanding, the NEC is far more reliable than anymore on this trip, even to DC. The grade separation and general ambivalence to weather makes this an excellent option compared to aircraft if you need to get there by a certain point. You’ll need to schedule more time, but if you bring stuff to the wire it will fall apart. As for buses, they are cheap and can take you to smaller towns, or run purely express. That’s about it for it’s advantages. It’s at the whims of the US interstate highway system and the grand devil itself, the hound, so if you don’t care about getting to where you’re going, take the bus. It’s a really sorry state of things, but express bus service should be focused around serving secondary cities and communities, not trying to beat the NEC at its own game

@trainsdestinations3960

Жыл бұрын

Agree. Amtrak is the overall winner in my book. Not the fastest, but at least less hassle than flying and more comfortable than busses.

@stephenlaarkamp7344

Жыл бұрын

@@trainsdestinations3960 More than that, Amtrak has the highest long-term potential to be faster, due to track upgrades increasing both top speeds and speeds on the slower parts of the corridor. Whether that be through track upgrades to the current corridor, new dedicated high speed rail sections of line (like those in the proposed North Atlantic Rail scheme), or a combo of both, it would dramatically improve speeds for train services. With those kinds of upgrades, the train would also be the fastest as well as being the best option from a user experience standpoint.

29:08 "I raw dogged that hot dog" is going to live rent free in my head forever now

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Glizzy!

maybe the real newark was the friends we made along the way

Miles's big mistake was taking the PATH on weekends. I would've taken a train from NY Penn and took the Airtrain. It costs more, but it saves you time.

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

Miles is a master when it comes to organization. 95% of what happened in the race was planned ahead of time. That includes guys pretending not to know how to swipe a Metrocard and choosing an illogical way to travel to or from Manhattan and the airports. This is done for comedic effect and to ensure a desired outcome.

This should be an ongoing series where you all go to different cities and try different things. I would watch!!! You have the bestest friends ever and it’s refreshing and inspiring!!!

A great race from New York to Washington DC would be an interesting series to watch.

As someone who commutes daily by NJ transit while living in this god forsaken city, god bless you.

@ItsYaBoiiiDB

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed bro

Miles and Sim once again proving "if you ain't first, you're last!"

Originally from N. Y. C and CT. - Was watching for people to rate greyhound and now - I'm INVESTED in this race..

Watching the double PATH to bus was painful! But love the content, love the people!

@MilesinTransit

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I flew on Delta from JFK to Logan in 2017. It was on one of their refurbished A319s on a summer day with AC blasting. One of the greatest flights of my life! It was also my only domestic flight in the US (I'm from Canada)

Raritan Valley does extra sections for Greyhound, so while they are not a "partner", they do "partner", so to speak, with Greyhound. Kind of like how Amtrak used to borrow MARC and NJT equipment for Thanksgiving extras.

13:53 Yes, Jacklyn, they do in fact normally do that. Empire Corridor trains always leave from track 5 (FUN FACT), and even after I figured this out finally, I _still_ have to try and get in line about 45 min early in order to not have to ask the dreaded question of "is this seat taken?"

You should make something like this again but DC to New York

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

There are so many ways to travel from NYC to DC- Amtrak, Greyhound, Megabus, Peter Pan, Washington Deluxe, the Jet Bus, and the plane.

@RafaRadityo7

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonard_Wilson That's the point!

miles the food critic critic is my new favorite segment

The food service to your gate thing at Newark sucks. We waited over half an hour for breakfast when we were there. I went to the outlet in person after 20 but was told by the counter staff that they couldn't access the orders and we just had to wait. Ended up waiting to collar a delivery person and found it was one person for that outlet delivering across the whole terminal. They seemed confused and not in any sort of rush. Basically, go to an outlet in person unless you have a huge wait. Loving the series though. So many highlights, like the song at the end of Ep 3. Agree with the comments praising Marc and Blair. Jordy getting ever more frustrated grabbing sushi. Fab!

By far my favorite channel to watch

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you!

the after credits grab the sushi contest was amazing

@MilesinTransit

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Always enjoyable videos!

this was a perfect video from first to last... love the grab the sushi coda!!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Get you some of those sweet Jet Lag clicks

if you're approaching LaGuardia from the West at the right time, you'll have landing planes directly overhead and jet blast through your open windows

I love how this channel is just interlude heaven. there’s a new variant like every video. THaT wAs A gOoD ReViEw fRoM MEEEEE-!!!

Great series, something like this would be a pipedream here in Florida

It's my favorite part of the corridor.

that was a good review from sent me*eee* everytime I'm so grateful for that

Great video. I can’t wait, too watch the next episode.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sethward4922

Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit Your welcome

17:09 "Newark Airport, New York"

Apparently the highest you can score on Grab the Sushi is 109...I'm down to two sushi and it won't even let me grab them, it just switches over and over again out of reach. So at the end of the day, it's very much still a toxic game and a giant troll move. But what can I say, my fast fingers have helped me win many games of Kahoot.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

That's REALLY impressive, man! Nicely done, who knew the game had an end point!

this is the greatest thing i have seen in my life

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Whoa, thanks!

You can buy bus tickets for NJT Bus at Newark Penn Station inside the terminal at the ticket vending machine, switch the mode from Train to Bus. Also NJT Buses now accept contactless cards, just tell the driver how many zones. You can also walk 2 blocks to Broad St and there are multiple routes to Newark Airport on Broad st.

@MilesinTransit

4 ай бұрын

I could be wrong, but I've never encountered an NJT ticket machine that can do both bus and commuter rail.

Awesome video again!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That damn catch the sushi game...

I'm sorry I missed the premier, but WOW this is amazing. Not in a good way though, in terms of the delays upon delays lol. This is just painful. That airport food delivery thing seems cool in terms of not getting lost in the airport, but if it actually worked I could see the delivery fee being $10, be better to get it yourself. With that said $20 for a small cheese pizza........ HIGHWAY ROBBERY!

I love the jazz!

34:35 god I love Jordan in this scene 😂

I totally felt Sym when they were clearly gonna miss the flight. That anxiety would wreck me. Also, this makes me so jealous that the East Coast has all these bus companies and the Midwest basically just has Greyhound. Bring these baddies to Cleveland.

@floydjohnson7888

Ай бұрын

Northwest Indiana transplant to Philly here. I'm under the impression that the reason the gazillion cheap express services work here is that cities between DC and Boston are closer together than things are in the Urban Midwest. That's probably why there were no charter routes for folks in Indianapolis to buzz Blackhawks or Blue Jackets games

7:07 my first time on a NJT bus the driver got a little frustrated as I didn't know which way to hold my phone to scan the NJT app's QR code... I could feel for him as I was boarding at a multimodal point with small group of people both behind me and already on the bus the return leg was like the opposite: took 1 or 2 tries, boarded in middle of nowhere, and no one else was on the bus at that point 😅

I wanted to watch it nowwwwww

You guys should have included Tailwinds Air, fulton center connects to the PATH which stops at Newark Penn Station. There is a express bus from Port Authority to EWR and a NJ Transit bus from Newark Penn Station, The N&W trains pretty much follows the PATH from Manhattan Mall to Fulton

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

This was filmed in summer 2022 before Grand Central Madison opened.

@tjasonham

Жыл бұрын

whoa, tailwinds air would have been cool!

Jetblue will give you a free drink if your seatback entertainment isnt working

Taxing airplanes have 100% priority over all other vehicles.

You should do NYC to DC for the next great race

More Miles the Food Critic pls, got me cackling. 317.7/1000 for sure

Outstanding Line: this racing business, this is hard, I don’t know how people do this?

I just subscribed because of this (and your greyhound cross country video) Amazing!! Please do more of this!!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

So interesting to see how ridiculously bad transportation between two of the major cities in the US is.

How many times has Miles been on NJT busses? Does he not know never take NJT if you need to be on time!

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

Miles never intended to catch the flight. He obviously took a dive.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

In fairness, they performed exceptionally well when Jeremy and I traversed the entire state using them!

What app is he using for speed checking?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

It's called Speed Box!

@QUEENDAGGER

Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit Thank you. I wonder if it will work on my nephew and his baseball teams pitching. 🤔

Always show 4:51 the foamer meter!!!

20:06 I am guessing that British Airways jetliner was manufactured by Airbus, as if I saw what Blair did there.

my takeaways so far: avoid greyhound, flights are fast when on time, and the US needs real HSR

Will we get the og miles the food critic or miles the food critic critic critic next time?

Where did they get on the northeast regional? That doesn't look like the Moynihan train hall

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

It's the West End Concourse in Penn Station

@RafaRadityo7

Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit ohh yeah I just searched and I saw it's connected to Moynihan on the track

This video one’s again shows why don’t like NJ Transit bus

Got here early

Basically, public transit sucks, but some forms of it suck less than others. And in many ways still better than driving yourself.

Another great video. I guess next week theme is the race not to be last

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Yup! And it's more competitive than you would think!

Miles why didn’t you try to go standby on earlier flights?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Given that we were running late, I don't think that would've helped, right? (I also don't know what this process entails)

@zephyros256

Жыл бұрын

Is it possible to go standby as non-crew? Only ever done it on a crew(-supplied) ticket, and then you get a standby for a specific flight where the crew can live see what your position as standby would be. Changing standby to a different flight would require going trough security again.

How do I vote for Jeremy on my phone?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Please select one option (mobile devices only): 1) Jeremy 2) Not Jeremy

Jordy playing Grab the Sushi: wtf, WTF! WTF!

Watching zoomers get upset that their bus is late is surprisingly entertaining.

Miles in transit food critic reviews 11:55 22:25 28:45 29:48 31:07

My grab the sushi high score is 28 best that

Why do you tip for a pizza that you pick up yourself and that doesn‘t involve any kind of service at all ?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with helping service workers out every once in awhile! :)

@sacerdor7467

Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit Maybe a cultural thing then. I know there is a different culture when it comes to the amount of tippin in the USA, because once employers see that employees are receiving tips, they usually lowball them when it comes to wage. But I didn't anticipate tipping would include this kind of work too. You never stop learning.

There and Back Again: A Miles In Transit story. By Miles I. Transit

When I go to Boston I use mega bus not much problems

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, Megabus no longer goes to Boston.

@danielkurlan182

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonard_Wilson looks like bus trips to Boston will now cost more

This proves Miles' stupidity thinking cheaper is the best way.

Since when did Newark, NJ become part of New York? 🤔😳

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

It's a New York airport

1:11 child me be like 1:50 how much do those things cost?

I take back what I said about Amtrak acknowledging their Tribal King - if they had, he would've been in first class and first place.

Just played the Grab The Sushi game and I got a high score of 33

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@mattykart8538

9 ай бұрын

New high score: 97

Voted on my phone!

United, Delta, JetBlue, and Southwest care. American, Spirit, Allegiant and Frontier don’t :)

Never put ketchup on a hotdog

@glowingfish

Жыл бұрын

To quote another Bostonian who went to Temple: just how high di you have to be to put jelly on a hot dog?

@robk7266

Жыл бұрын

@@glowingfish jelly?

I think pantograph will win 4:25

@amprosk

Жыл бұрын

😳

I would like to see how similar races would transpire in countries with actual infrastructure and choices (ie The Netherlands)

@SmokiesDen

Жыл бұрын

Would it not be e.g. since you’re not giving a list but an example?

"This is the worst review I've ever seen" -gives a higher score compared to Jay's review (lol)

🥺 😢 😭😭😭 🤧 ✌🏾

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

It gets better in the next part!

OMG, has Jordan ever uttered a single sentence where he isn't complaining? It's insufferable

So....bottom line, JetBlue is the fastest way from Boston to New York and vice versa. Period.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it would seem so!

The logical thing for Miles and Sym to do would’ve been to take NJ Transit from New York Penn Station to Newark Airport station and then take the Newark Airport monorail. That’s a half hour ride. Miles, however, was afraid that if he did this then he and Sym would’ve caught their flight and won easily. The script necessitated that one of the airline teams had to get upset by a slower means of transportation. Hence, Miles and Sym took the slowest route possible to Newark Airport. That ensured that they would miss their flight and that the top three teams wouldn’t be airline teams. A few other things: I’ve used Greyhound to travel between NYC and DC many times. It has almost always been a miserable experience. Megabus is much better. Unfortunately, they no longer go to Boston. I don’t understand why guys bought overpriced food in the Amtrak cafe car. There are so many places to buy food within a five minute walk from Moynihan station, including a 7-Eleven, McDonalds, and a pizzeria where slices cost only $1.50. I like the chemistry between Blair and Marc. They make a good couple.

@waterlooandcityline

Жыл бұрын

You never fail to make us laugh with your comments. You think you're cooking but you're really not

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I like this explanation because it makes my decision to take PATH look less stupid! And of course we also had to bribe the Greyhound driver to not show up, which took quite a bit of cash but I think it's made for some great content, dontcha think?

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

Speaking from experience, a Greyhound bus arriving late or being cancelled is plausible. With that said, a guy with your vast knowledge of mass transit would know that taking PATH to the 62 bus makes absolutely no sense. The fact of the matter is that you’re a railfan and you didn’t want the top three teams to be airline teams. Just so we’re clear, I’m a huge fan of your channel. And there’s nothing wrong with the race obviously being scripted. The race is very entertaining and informative. Furthermore, WWE wrestling is scripted and I watch it all of the time.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonard_Wilson Even I make mistakes sometimes, man 😂

huge fan, love everything about you miles, but i have to say i really don't like the food critic critic bit. There's something off about it, can't put my finger on why. seems more cringy than funny in some way

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Honestly fair enough! It was a last minute addition to try to give this episode more of an identity so it's a rare case of "humor by committee" rather than a spontaneous thing. Indeed, some people seem to love it and others don't like it, which is about what I was expecting.

@Leonard_Wilson

Жыл бұрын

I actually like your humor. Your videos are roughly 80% railfanning, 20% humor. Your reaction to the (almost always intentional) mistakes and bad decisions that you constantly make are also hilarious.

Why hasn’t our transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg fixed this MESS ?! Oh yeah because he doesn’t know ANYTHING about train/rail/neomodel transport BUT he IS the FIRST queer Transport Secretary 🤣 🤣 🤣 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸