"Miles, I've never seen people so happy about public transit in my life" that Jeremy, is called influencing. Transit supporters like you two have influenced and inspired the masses to fight for better accessibility. A win like this is better than nada. Meanwhile as I'm watching this light rail extension in Boston open, even though I'm no longer living in Jersey City, I'm still tracking the progress of the long-awaited Hudson-Bergen Light Rail extension to Bergen County. Because it's been pure irony that the so called Hudson-BERGEN Light Rail doesn't even go to Bergen County.

@Pensyfan19

Жыл бұрын

Well said. The more awareness we have about various transit projects and their benefits, the more public transit we can establish in an efficient manner.

@edwardmiessner6502

Жыл бұрын

@@Pensyfan19 Agreed. And hopefully in the near future, as soon as one transit project in an area is complete, another one begins.

@HayastAnFedayi

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardmiessner6502 I hope this is true but it’s troubling that this has been on the books since the Big Dig and took over 30 years to come to fruition.

@trainsdestinations3960

Жыл бұрын

And here in South Jersey, we await the eventual light rail from Camden to Glassboro.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Avery, I really appreciate it!

Damn, I truly missed the frozen 4am party haha. Either way always happy to have new transit 🚊🚃

@aubrey6195

Жыл бұрын

funny seing you here

@Pensyfan19

Жыл бұрын

Why the emojis tho? (Nice to see you here too)

This is undoubtedly the greatest and most hype transit extension review I've ever seen. It's honestly so inspiring to see this many people are excited for new transit projects like this, and such enthusiasm should be spread to all ends of the earth to promote better transit like this.

@NickyD

Жыл бұрын

railroads hate railfans for this reason

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Most of the crowd wasn't railfans! It was mostly Tufts students.

It's warming, even with snow on the ground, to see young people be excited about public transportation expansion and accessibility to commuters.

I honestly never realized that there were so many transit buffs out there. You've opened me to a fascinating world. I think.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Most of the people in this crowd were Tufts students who were really excited to have a train into the city!

@michaelz2270

Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit Finally we have found something college students will get up early in the morning for.

@LiamStrand

Жыл бұрын

I was one of those excited Tufts students!! The red line stop at Davis is close-ish to campus, but the Medford-Tufts stop is located at a super dense part of campus. Most students go through that intersection every day, and it makes taking the train through Sommerville or even into Boston so easy.

Knowing that Steve Poftak was on that first outbound Type 9 with everyone being rowdy and joyful is amazing, especially considering he was just on his phone the whole time

Hot take, but this feels more useful than the Silver Line to Dulles. Sure, it doesn’t go to an airport, but it goes to a University and has stations in dense, walkable areas. The Silver Line, while useful, goes to a sea of parking lots and stroads. This seems so much more useful for people who don’t drive.

@HayastAnFedayi

Жыл бұрын

Def agree…the silver line was a slap in the face to the community along the route of the Washington Street elevated on the Orange Line, the communities of Roxbury and the area were promised equal replacement service but they got the Silver Line.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Arguably not a hot take at all! I agree 100%.

@tomsilver

Жыл бұрын

@@HayastAnFedayi I think they were talking about the Silver Line on the DC Metro (to Dulles)

@HayastAnFedayi

Жыл бұрын

@@tomsilver ahhhhhhh gotcha totally missed that about Dulles/DC🙈! Thankfully the MBTA Silver Line in Boston is so inept that my comment still holds validity and can be applicable in any conversation🤪😂

Need a canadian version of this called Kilometers in Transit.

@foreverbrod

Жыл бұрын

i thought abt this also lol

@straighft

Жыл бұрын

Kilo-miles 😂😂

@trainandmore

Жыл бұрын

He did that with the gatra game

@chickenpommes19

Жыл бұрын

"Visiting every Tim Hortons in Toronto"

@hobog

Жыл бұрын

*Kilometres ? I feel the "re" spelling is something that's too French to stay in English, but thanks Oxford dictionary

You Boston people are nuts, and this is coming from a NY railfan. I'll be up there next month after they clear away the foam. BTW nice video.

@ryanhall7827

Жыл бұрын

nj transit lirr and metro north all hate eachother anyways

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

In fairness it was mostly Tufts students rather than foamers!

A character: says a harmless cuss word The network: 0:10 Ah yes, singing Sweet Caroline while on a tram....tell me you're from Boston without telling me you're from Boston. That SpongeBob French narrator intro was perfect. Further shows that you are indeed a man of culture.

@davidmoser3535

Жыл бұрын

shut up kimmy

Can't wait to see the exact same level of enthusiasm when SEPTA opens KOP Rail!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Don't hold your breath... ;)

@zoom3184

Жыл бұрын

well…:)

@metrofilmer8894

Жыл бұрын

Yeah……about that…

Fantastic! Somerville deserves this transit corridor. Maybe one day they’ll even push it out to Route 16 as originally planned.

@edwardmiessner6502

Жыл бұрын

Only to Route 16? How about to Woburn Center, as envisioned in the 1945 MTA master plan and even before back to 1922?

@SohamSMore

11 ай бұрын

NIMBYS

SO HONORED TO BE IN THE THUMBNAIL!!! -manbun guy

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

WOOOOOO!!!

I absolutely love how enthusiastic everyone is about trains 😍

The entire Transit Fandom just materialized in one spot that day. I wish I could have been there. But one day I'll make it to one of these Boston transit expansion openings. Here's hoping for the Red-Blue Connector!

This is the most hyped transit video I have ever seen, Miles in Transit = best ambassador for transit in the USA!!!!!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

This is wicked awesome! 👍👍 Never before have I seen so much pent-up demand for a rapid transit line in my life! You guys in Somerville and Medford fully deserve it. It's been the planning stages only since 1922 when the Boston Transit Commission proposed a extension alongside the railroad to Woburn Center!

i’m going to live in boston for college im so excited !!!! mbta my beloved

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Woooo, congratulations!!

Hell yeah! I had a great time being with y'all for this. (i'm at 12:05!)

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Nice, it was great to see you!

If I were younger, I would be doing this. Well done, gentlemen!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Boston, as a city, has a lot more unsafely large crowds than I ever expected.

No Miles review is complete without an elevator review.

aw hell yeah my favorite character Menu Shot

That is a packed train. It's almost like they should've built, I don't know, not light rail...

Thanks for this video! I lived in Ball Square for several years in the 2010's and in Winchester also. My life would have been fundamentally different if these green line stops had existed when I lived in that area. I could have biked from Winchester like 2 miles down 28 to Tufts to catch the T (which would have been perfect because I worked in Longwood at the time, and the commute took almost two hours each way using the commuter rail to green line), or I could have had the T at my doorstep in Somerville. Also, I was kicked out of a house I was renting in Ball Sq. in like 2012 because the property was sold to a developer anticipating the green line extension to be built in the following year or two. Then it took years just to get Union Square up and running. We need like 20 more of these new stations!!!

Dangerously close to a Well There's Your Problem episode...

@ianhomerpura8937

Жыл бұрын

With slides.

The enthusiasm for GLX was so infectious! Hopefully my fellow New Yorkers can match all that energy for the ESA opening (…whenever *that* is)

@davidmoser3535

Жыл бұрын

2089

this vid is overflowing with foam

This is so charming. I was at that Ball Square party but I didn't get up for the first train -- I love that I got to ride it by proxy with you!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Sorry you couldn't make it on! Who knew it would be that crowded??

"boston is a glorified college town" lmao true

I love how Jordan is the one foaming the least.

I also also love the transit graffiti updating the signage! 🤪

I've been so excited for this video ever since I saw that renaissance painting of a thumbnail yesterday

Always grateful stuff. I saw your video when you made it to Victoria. If you ever make it to Vancouver I would love to ride our skytrain with you. Easily done in a day.

Miles, I was on that first train with you. I'm the guy from the trolley car who asked you "How are you doing?" at Haymarket station when you on the platform (I rode the first train all the way to Park St.). I couldn't believe how many people were at Medford-Tufts for that first train! I got to Medford-Tufts between 4:05 and 4:10AM (by walking from Boston South station after getting off an Amtrak train from New Jersey) and it wasn't crowded at all. I was expecting at most, maybe, 100 people tops for that first train, but there must have been at least 400 people on that platform waiting for the train to come in. Glad to see a lot of people were excited about the new extension opening. I was also on the train to College Av standing behind you (and Jeremy) in the same car. Are you going to try a "Fastest Rider Alive" run on the T (Red, Blue, Orange, and Green Lines only) at some point now that the new extension is open?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I want to try a T record run again!

Your thumbnail works as a Norman Rockwell painting, nice!

I was not able to get on the first train but I tried to take it in the morning from Ball Square and I was not able to because it was so packed and delayed. Classic MBTA. This whole video just shows "Classic broken MBTA" lol.

All that excitement and a few songs thrown in too! Your Transit coverage is next level.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Wow so many happy and enthusiastic people out for the first ride. This would be an atmosphere I would enjoy.

90% resembles the MTR East Rail Line extension opening earlier this year (15th May)

If this is a Boston extension, I can’t imagine what will happen when the Eglinton crosstown finally opens. People will be so happy

There were SHS students taking the train from Ball on Monday. There were also commuters on the first train!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear!!

Well done! Funny, as i finish up my video, I also used the time concept in the beginning (also woke up at 3:28 lmao)

Also I love how you make time to still go to diners no matter where you are!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Boston has some FANTASTIC diners!

When those doors opened it looked like the Tokyo metro at rush hour, my god.

Yall made me smile today. Needed it.....

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad, thank you!

I had no clue this even existed but I can feel the pure hype!

Banger video, this is great

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Happy to see this. Many years ago I went to a play in downtown Somerville and had to walk from Lechmere. Not that I mind walking two miles, but I didn't know the house numbering system they used and thought from the address it was a lot shorter, so it seemed to take forever. Fortunately, I was early. Anyway, this new extension would have made it simpler.

the fact that someone drew the extension (pretty accurately) onto the maps is amazing lmao i love that

BANGER VIDEO AS ALWAYS MILES

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

Fun crowd for the first train lol

This is so freaking wholesome.... I love humanity sometimes 🥲

Pedal and Park at Gilman will be on the community path headed towards Medford St. GLX has turned construction over to the contractor doing Somerville High School as they have heavy civil work near community path such as walls, drainage, and slope work.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh gotcha! That's really good to know there's one coming.

Thanks for the video!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

The next Dot Express to Medford SLASH Tufts is now boarding.

great thumbnail!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video!

@MilesinTransit

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

The wastebasket you said was hard to get to outside the elevator, is there for a purpose.. to keep people from discarding trash in the elevator and giving people who had to bring their "gotta have my coffee" on the way, a place to get rid of their empty cup.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

If it was meant to keep people from discarding trash in the elevator, it would be located in an actually decent location rather than stuffed into a corner where no one can reach it!

Where was that enthusiasm for the WMATA silver line phase one, phase two and the Tide light rail openings?!? I gotta return to Boston when it gets warmer

It's been a good year for transit innthe US with GLX, the K line and the silver line.

"I've never seen a train this crowded before" ...that's every day on the NYC subway during rush hour lol

That's a little silly that they ran a train for dignitaries but didn't invite on one of the transit KZreadr GOATs

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

The first train was a lot more fun though ;)

I was the first person to go from heath to Medford and I saw you at lechmere and my train got out of service at park

Miles, it was great meeting you that day at Medford-Tufts Station when the Type 9s departed

@eitanberechman2787

Жыл бұрын

You saw me at the end of that video at 19:55

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Cool, it was great to meet you!

1:46 That’s so true right there lmaoooo I was there hours after this was filmed and I enjoyed it myself. I did my elevator reviews already too :)

This Great Miles! I would be excited to see a Taxi here in Hooterville Indiana

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I was on the first day except I did it at 1 in the afternoon and I managed to get into the MBTA official video lol

I was on the first westbound train to do the full silver line trip to Ashburn, and can confirm it was nowhere near as high energy, the enthusiasm for this extension is awesome! My biggest complaint with this extension is I really feel like it should have included a commute rail infill at Medford Tufts so Lowell Line Riders could benefit from the extension.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, a Commuter Rail station at Tufts would be great.

The only time i've been on a train remotely as packed as this was on the L5 back from Camp Nou after an FC Barcelona Match earlier this year.

Your first video that gave me anxiety watching. Too many people cramming onto train. Great job not dying.

Poor platform will never be that crowded again.

I literally missed meeting you, I was on the same train coming into Medford, I have the a shot of the new train coming in. But I didn't stay for the ceremony, because I had no idea what was going on. I'm kicking myself because I didn't see you. it's hard to tell but I think I'm in the background at 19:11 because of the hat of the guy getting off the train. Think you could watch mine and see if you recognize yourself? My literal 1 complaint and it's not the T's fault, but it's that Starbucks location is online only, I will never ever use this station, but I think it's better than union square, because they didn't fudge a wheelchair ramp. I know AFC 2.0 is coming eventually, but like union, just put fare gates in for now.

So weird seeing you guys walking around my alma mater.

on my next boston vacation i will ride the GLX.

7:11, Not Wrong, I’d Have The Same Reaction. 😂😂

Ok that settles it- I’m never not going to a transit line/extension opening in my city ever again, even if they most likely aren’t gonna be as exciting as this one was

10:58 I was on that type 8 Also it's interesting how our scores are almost the same

Should Medford/Tufts have a Commuter rail station built next to the Green Line station? Tufts is a station with regional importance and it would make for better connectivity

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

I'd say so!

Oh, well, it's just a tram)) And there is more joy than from the opening of the Silver Line to the airport))

yes!!!!

Wow, I live near there and I managed to get on the first train at ball square!

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Damn, congrats! That thing was packed!

I am a person who tried public transportation as needed, while being disabled, it's so miserable getting to a stop just to have the driver fly on by, like in Dallas, it can be too hot, if he's over capacity he should stop long enough to say so instead of flying by. When I worked most likely you could arrive on a bus but had to depend on a ride home, we had to take calls clear up to 4:59:59.99 & the last bus was 5:00, had it been early oh well. You'd call yourself lucky if they run late, but always had extras wheels rolling to improve on time statistics.. now about the only public transportation we have here is prescheduled days ahead, primarily for medical appointment use, God forbid your provider ran late as one of mine always did, monthly.. they ask for what two hour pick-up window, and they still could no-show you (and decline further scheduling) even if they were earlier than that window.. like Boston, NYC, etc, it's cold here at times too and a disabled person doesn't need to be sitting out 2 hours waiting. Some counties have dial-a-ride, priced fair for one county, cross the county line and the fare shoots up.. in my situation just to get to Walmart, I'd have to wait in the convenience store two blocks away to be in the right county, or cross over to the next county into the major shopping district where you most likely have to plan one stop a day [my co-pays for medical are per day, not charged for two providers in a day].. where I used to live crossing one county line for what could only be medical, was over $35 cost each way (before Ukraine crisis).. our nearest hospital was of the band-aid and Tylenol, now go home quality. At least using the veterans hospital, a prearranged ride is free, but they have to drop you off and return within hours. I'm glad I can drive, but what about when my car breaks down.. a mechanic thinks he can buffalo you into a laundry list of repairs just because you depend on a car.. two of us have 4 cars, two of them are rarely used. We were in a pinch for half the fall and down to one. Believe it or not in a town of 600 homes and no crime (many don't even lock up, neighbors are watching, one day someone out of place was seen on the sidewalk, my roommate came back up to lock up) costs less to get liability insurance on one car than a $25K renters policy.. My car is down again.. the seat belt won't extend, and two days before it was fine, my other car was taken off the road because of steering problems (wandering and overcorrecting, "another $275" in parts) we put it's battery in the one that just showed seatbelt problems, and the classic one just had a blowout 3 weeks ago.. see the rotation.. only one works at a time.

I can appreciate 3 AM foaming, but I am too old for that now.

2:36 This is inspiring.

Good thing Happy Birthday to you is Public domain now...

“I do not remember being on a vehicle this crowded” gave me flashbacks to the buenos aires subway

It looks like “Vykhino” station during the rush hour hahaha

3:19 “Hey one at a time” *proceeds to rush train*

Hail Sakbut!

yo I saw like half of you on the NYCT chrissmass train the 4th

I predict that on April 1, 2023, someone will undoubtedly cover over the stop names at the Ball Square station on the Medford/Tufts Green Line extension with signs that read "Square Balls."

Living in ball square and commuting downtown every day, this is absolutely amazing. I see so many people already using it daily and it makes me so happy…if you build transit, people will use it.

Super crazy guys

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Proud of it :)

Makes the Elizebeth Line opening in London look tame lol

Miles, I feel like you're kinda obligated to go to any transit line openings in the US now. I don't make the rules.

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

I'll do as many as I can...!

“I guess it’s open now” 🎉

quite the difference from the silver line opening lmao

I am not sure why but I am not able to find jawelline's channel anyone have a link?

@MilesinTransit

Жыл бұрын

Here! youtube.com/@busandrail

You can't even call these people foamers, this is just transteria