If you ever do something like this again, here's an idea to lessen the airplanes' advantage: give all the teams luggage, so the plane teams have to wait for their bags at the luggage carousel.

I’m a big fan of the legends, watching the juxtaposition between Jacklyn having a great time, excitedly planning out a route and doing food reviews, while the rest of her team looks like they are filled with pure contempt by the fact that they have to even be near public transit.

The Sullivan Greyhound absolutely killed me. Last Thanksgiving break I took a terrible route from Boston to Stamford CT, which involved a Greyhound from Worcester to New Haven. We ended up in Waterbury instead of New Haven, and the driver was fully confident that we were at our destination--when we finally convinced him that this was in fact Waterbury, he *kept going west* until a passenger finally made him pull over and shouted directions to him. Good memories :D

"Fastest game ever, huh?" The Yankees fan: 👁👄👁 I can smell the fumes from Back Bay through my screen. Miles realizing he could've grabbed his food at the gate after walking across the whole terminal is truly an EWR moment. Poor Symmetry having to deal with your shenanigans! With the PATH weekend route, waiting for your food, and the Grab the Sushi game, it's like the Port Authority had it all planned to troll you as much as possible! 😂Seriously though, that weekend schedule is such a joke. It's like they pretend the people of Hudson and Essex Counties don't even exist. I'm sure Jordan appreciates the PATH handing him the victory over Miles and enjoyed his victory meal at Five Guys Out of the three major NYC area airports, Newark is the oldest, opening in 1928. The City of Newark built the airport on 68 acres of marshland, and the Army Air Corps operated the facility during World War II. The airport's train station wouldn't open until October 2001. Unlike most train stations, the facility was designed with no direct pedestrian access, bus service, parking facility (there's parking by the station for United employees only), or drop-off area. So those who live by the station can't even use it!

I love how this series showed the absurd amount of ways you can get between Boston and New York

I can't believe how much you put into this whole series. Incredible labour of love and we appreciate you!!

Orange Line slow zones actually being useful for Team Keystone...wow. When all those Red Sox fans appeared on Jules's tram, all I hear is "Meep, meep, meep" like the anchovies from SpongeBob. Come to see who came in last place, stay for the roast session of Miles by Jordan! Jordan realizing his team beat Miles was definitely the greatest day of Jordan's life. And Meir's reaction about Greyhound not being last place was priceless (as priceless as his reaction to Aaron in Episode 3). Aaron was right, they weren't the ones to screw it up this time when Greyhound did it for them! Greyhound, Red Sox fans, MBTA, and the PATH all teamed up to give us the suspense. This whole race was so much fun to watch, thank you to all the teams, Jackson for the music, and Sam and you for editing, for making this what it is! The real race from Boston to NYC and back....were the friends we made along the way. Here's some Boston Common lore: It's on land formerly owned by William Blaxton from Lincolnshire. William decided to join the Ferdinando Gorges Expedition in 1623. The expedition of 1623 was considered a failure and while most of his fellow settlers returned home, he decided to live on the Shawmut Peninsula alone in 1625. Making him the first European to settle Boston. However, he didn't stay there as he didn't like leaders of the Boston church, so he decided to move south to what is now Cumberland, RI. Making him ALSO the first to settle Rhode Island in 1635

Just binge watched the entire series. Really hoping there’s another installment in the future!

All the time I've spent watching this series was completely justified when Jordan realized his team beat Miles and Sym. You've got to make a stock clip of that moment just to remind us that he can be extraordinarily happy. Thanks for sharing!

So, trains aren't the fastest, but they are the least stressful , most comfortable, and often less expensive than flying.

That was a kind-ass shoutout at the end, lookin forward to hearing all our deranged but special music in one spot 💕

no way i can't believe [REDACTED] came in last place!

"Where's Miles?" Is the best thing I've seen on KZfaq in quite a while. I need that to be a GIF.😂

Oh, and hats off to Miles and whomever else had a hand in editing this. I can only imagine the amount of clips you had to sort through -- some cameras probably with slightly different "timecode" -- and you managed to produce what amounts to a movie-sized series. This is an INSANE feat for anyone! Also, to Jackson who created a bunch of different music numbers to really "jazz" up certain moments in the series. Music is so key to making something that is good -- so much more entertaining. Just tremendous stuff!

I feel like it's hard to make a completely accurate race since everyone left at the same time, but their departure times were all different. That being said, I think the plane you could get even faster with Clear and TSA precheck (so you can speed through security) and get to your gate a few minutes before boarding. I will agree that the Acela is the overall best bet, provided you can get a cheap enough ticket (it's not a great look when the train is more expensive than flying). I refuse to take a bus after an incident I had on MegaBus going to DC from NY (the air conditioning wouldn't turn off and the bus was about 50 degrees for 4 hours).

I saw that Green Line crush and was instantly sympathetic - last time I was in Boston was during the ALCS (accidentally, somehow), and I remember distinctly going out of my way to avoid the Green Line.

Jordans face 17:13 hilarious when he meat Miles Also everyone reaction about Grayhound detour 21:46 was funny as well and gonna be honest whats the Blorange line 😂

I only found this thing in part four, but color me deeply invested. 👍

Symmetry with those Eyes 👀✅

god this series was incredible! every team was extremely interesting and i laughed most of the way. jackson's songs were amazing! this series has such rewatch potential, I'm already planning my second viewing! thanks to you and all the participants for this amazing series :)

Jordan bargaining for his cash prize has to be my favorite moment on this channel

Please do this again with different cities

This was one of the most enjoyable things I've watched on KZfaq in a long time. In some ways, more entertaining than JetLag. This had local relevance that so many of us can relate to. It's so awesome to have your creativity and friends helping you create amazing content like this Miles! Oh, and 17:15 is an EPIC moment, even though it's at Miles' expense.

The Vindication of Jordan... Never thought I'd see the day

I've never watched the Amazing Race but something tells me this one is more my style. The Boston subway looks awesomesauce!

The humor's been off the charts lately, the kilometerstock images was hilarious and ofc you got the jordan and funny crew shenanigans.

Really enjoyed this series! 300 hours of editing! OMG! Are you putting together another race like this for this summer? Washington to New York maybe? Sign me up! 😀

MSP to Chicago and back could work for this kind of thing in the Midwest. Greyhound, Flix, and Megabus all stop at different points on both ends; the Empire Builder runs between them; Chicago has O'Hare and Midway airports to compete; and both ends have varied local transit options.

This was such a great series! High production values while still retaining the homespun quality of the channel. I'm excited for the songs!

Well that was fun. Also makes me think about how crazy a race like this in Denmark from Copenhagen to Aarhus would be. That whole route between Denmarks 2 largest cities has so much variability. You have DSB on the rail network, SAS and DAT for air travel, and 3 different bus companies, Flixbus, Fleet, and Kombardo Express! All while Copenhagen has 1 super central airport, Aarhus has 2 that are both super far from the city. One northeast of the city on Djursland named Aarhus airport, and Billund airport way to the southwest. Both of them served by express airport buses that are basically coaches in their own right! And DSB and the train in general along with Flixbus and Fleet have to take a funky L shaped route due to the nations geography... except for Kombardo Express. They're owned by a ferry company and gets to use those free of charge and even let the Catamaran high speed ferries be used as sailing bus terminals to transfer between several corridors! Like that whole ordeal would be chaotic as heck since in that, it's basically anyone's game!... except if you take the Seaplane, the Seaplane is OP but also insanely expensive so that port to port richie shuttle doesn't count.

I loved the analysis of the entire race at the end. Obviously the train is the best, even if I’m definitely biased. Also I can’t forget to mention how cool the train speeding by at Mansfield while you were talking was. Amazing job with this whole series!

This was a brilliant series! It's rather different from Jetlag, but has a way bigger focus on the traveling itself, which I quite like. The different modes of transit and the constant uncertainty makes this whole thing a charm to watch, but at the same time make it reflect perfectly how it is to use public transit (almost) everywhere around the globe. Suffice to say I really enjoyed watching it and am definitely looking forward to watching the next series like this when (or rather if) you make one. Thank you!

One has really to "acknowledge" how some people can spread negativity in whatever situation they are. Maybe except for laughing about other's mishaps. What a clown. Your team on the contrary enjoyed the situation you had maneuvered yourself into with a lot of humour. From the approach to the task, and time rankings away I'd declare TUUHRL my personal winner. Not only did they make the best average on both directions, which is partly a lucky game. But I enjoy Nathan, who was definitely the leader in transit terms here, for being expert enough to know some useful background without actually thinking he is so smart he can beat the system. I feel with you, Miles - I am probably about twice your age, which makes me with the usual start into it aged 10, three times as long a transit nerd, and I still manage to occasionally cheat myself into trouble now.

Thanks for piecing together all of this, this has been a fun series to watch. Hopefully you have something similar planned down the road with different locations/venues.

Brilliant set of videos!

This was so great, would love to see something like this again sometime

That was amazing. You put so much effort into it, and I can tell!

This was super entertaining. Would watch more of these

this series was so fun to watch omg!! and the editing??? so good. im sold. new fan

loved this series SO MUCH ILY

Fantastic series and so much better than the big race on the BBC. Edge of the seat, very funny and celebrating all modes of transport. If you ever think to do anything as crazy again you have my vote.

just a reminder if you have not already done so to sign up for Prof. Vukan Vuchic's transit engineering and planning course at UPenn distance learning site. And historic studies we did of the SEPTA system and other transit research is also available for free.

So many thoughts, but one trumps all for me right now - that shot of you watching the plane overhead with the shadow behind you right after was PERFECT.

This was an awesome video to watch , good job guys 💪🏾💪🏾

This is awesome, thank you Miles

I can just feel the love between you and Jordan lmao. And I was just dying at that animation encore at the very end. But in all seriousness, this was really about the experience and having fun along the way. Me personally, I actually prefer the short plane ride, but the train works, too. Peter Pan is my choice of bus, and I have used them several times. I also realized you left out a viable contender: the Tailwind seaplane ... By far, the most expensive, but also by far the most... Interesting. Great job, though! 👍

“Robert Moses was bad” didn’t realize common sense was also academic

I found this series recently and it’s safe to say i’ve been obsessed with it + all the other videos on this channel

Good work, kid. Looking forward to more!

This was a great series. Had a lot of fun watching.

Can't wait for this Episode

this series is a masterpiece, congratulations !!

Great ending. A crazy ending. Cant wait for the next race

What a fun series! Yall's joy is infectious, it makes me really want to lasso together two dozen friends and attempt something like this. (The musical interlude in chapter 3 is an absolute joy, I just went back to watch it again) Again, awesome production, I'm glad that you all had such a great time. Tell your friends they have cool hair and even cooler lives :D (PS, is there a discord server where any of you are active? I'm looking to join some transit communities)

I would love to see this be even longer route, like to Florida from NY or something crazy like Boston to LA

Race to New York: DC Edition when??

There is nothing more Boston than someone shouting, "There ain't no more space, bro," on the Green Line after a Sox game.

This was the best. You guys should def do it again.

Awesome videos - have been enjoying the whole ensemble over the holidays. Felt a kindred spiritedness when you mentioned you are half Armenian. My wife is 100 percent Armenian. Nice to know people like you are out there making the world a better place.

I’ve done both the regional and Acela between NY and Back Bay, and I honestly prefer the regional. The Acela business class is too bright for a daylight train, and it had a weird vibration that made it hard to get comfortable. (Note I have not yet been on the new Acela trains, but I hope they solved these issues.)

Awesome race! There are many more cities for racing

an amazing series, well done everyone involved. :)

Something about the "HIS PLANE DOESN'T HAVE RETARD THATS ONLY AIRBUSES" is so damn funny to me

17:37 that’s the best moment of the entire series!

This was awesome 🎉

Now a Boston to LA great race!

That was a lot of fun! I've been binging your videos recently and this was one of the best so far. I wish you'd have included a car in the race, I've driven that route and I think I could beat your scores.

You guys are awesome and fun

You'd worry that steam would run out towards the end as more teams finish their journey, but this is such a great series right until the end, goes to show its the journey that matters I guess

I just binged this on a Sunday morning, waiting for some other favorites YT'ers to be posted and the afternoon/evening football games. Looked like a lot of fun, frustration, involved an interesting and diverse mix of persons, and for with the way it was posted made for an entertaining time. I am a little too old (68), I wish I was younger to do this although I have done 3 major car trips in the last 13 months: 5 weeks Sept. 2022 from NJ to LA, 3 weeks in May to eastern Texas and the deep south (including New Orleans), and ending a week ago, 2 weeks into the Midwest as far as Kansas City. How about doing the same 'great race' idea from Union Square in NYC to the Washington Monument in DC and back to Union Square, NYC using the same mix of teams, transit modes.

What I've learned is that if you need to take a bus Peter Pan is the way to go.

The Northeast Regional and Acela also connects to the commuter rail @ Providence and the orange line also connects @ Ruggles, Megabus also stops @ Riverside, which is closer to Auburndale, Union Square is on the 4, 5 or 6 to Grand Central which connects to the Metro North to New Haven, which connects to the Shore Line East to New London, since this was before Grand Central Madison opened, since this was also in the summer ferry service from orient point to New London was in service and you could have also done Tailwinds Air which goes to Fan Pier from New York Skyport's Seaplane base, there is also a bus to EWR from Port Authority as well as Newark's Penn Station, the airporter goes to LGA and JFK,

The DING at 8:24 has mad "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON" energy

Thank You!

They are clowning miles for missing that flight☠️

Fun series but ready for the regular videos

25:40 I'm so glad everyone was giving only Miles shit...that was entirely his fault lmao.

I wonder when was this filmed exactly at. Really impressive series overall. Certainly a labor of love.

great series! :) now your expected to work your magic with another one.. perhaps with your subscribers or patreons. ;)

Never trust Greyhound lol. Coming to Worcester, the driver bypassed the exit on 290 and we ended up in Shrewsbury. She didn't even realize we left Worcester. Greyhound to this day, still can't figure out how to enter Union Station Worcester the right way.

This was an incredibly series, I loved the high quality editing, the classic Miles chaos, and all the golden nuggets sprinkled throughout - I can tell so much work went into this, and its simply an exceptional production, amazing job!

It would be funny to see how miles would do in Jet lag: the game. Very entertaining series!!! Here in eastern Iowa, it’s sometimes cheaper for flights to take a Burlington trailways to Chicago then take the Blue line to ohare or orange to Midway, vs fly our local 13 terminal airport CID. Usually saves 100+$ even with the now 130$ RT bus fare except certain destinations, but especially for international flights it can be a good option. Wild stuff goes on in busses

What I learned from this challenge 1) you have amazing and awesome friends 2) transportation in the US sucks! That is MY GREAT REVIEW!

Rooting for Greyhound

Again: kudos to the editor! :)

United Airlines absolutely does suck. On Monday, they tried to strand me in Sao Paulo. They ran me all over the Sao Paulo airport, trying to find out what was going on. After over 2 hours of getting the runaround, I finally got a straight answer. My plane was canceled. So they put me on an American flight to New York with a connection to Washington. I was supposed to have a direct flight to Washington. I had a super tight connection in JFK. Spending 2 extra hours on the plane just to run across JFK and get on yet another plane to get back to where I was supposed to go in the first place was super annoying. Somehow, I cleared customs and got on my plane just in time. The plane spent more time circling Ragan airport than it took to get from New York to DC. I was 4 hours late getting into DC, and I missed my bus home. I had to get another bus to a nearby city and spend two hours riding local buses to get home. By the time I got to my home town the city bus had stopped for the day so I had to walk 3 kilometers to finally get home. Good work United Airlines. It really pays to know your local transit system even if it absolutely sucks. You never know when it might be the key to getting out of a jam.

Love how you always bleep out Jordan’s cursing but didn’t blur out him flipping the bird at 0:45 lol

36:35 how many takes to get the foamier shot right at the end of that narration? Great video. Loved all the parts.

To the team that finished the race at 10:10 should also get an award (fictitious or otherwise): 1010 WINS (actual New York radio station [all-news at 1010 AM {and now also at 92.3 FM}, also a famous recent newspaper headline]; whether they win or not, that team WINS).

Never have I seen more nerd kids in one place. Well done y'all!

17:28 - They're the meme of the guy with the champaign bottle.

Until Acela and BOS-NHV electrification changed the landscape, there was a departure between Boston and LaGuardia every half hour. Even Continental had service between Boston and Newark almost every hour. JFK was about the same as it is now, but was not as attractive before jetBlue started up and the AirTrainJFK opened. Buses left frequently but there were two bus stations in Boston, PABT in NYC and curbside service to other locations wasn’t really a thing.

17:11 the "where's Miles" 😭

Greyhound going to Sullivan sq instead of South Station seems like somthing Greyhound would do. 😂

Hey Miles and gang great race to New York and back to Boston. I just have one qusetion> How did the host get to New York and Boston before the teams arrived? If the teams all left at the same time and the host did too how did they get back faster then the teams?

I guess Jordan that this is the only video ever that he beats Miles!!!

Funny thing.. travel by train in the mid 19th Century between Boston and NYC was definitely competitive in terms of time. Generally, modern public transpo does not have a temporal design. If it did, Boston to NYC would be around 3 hours. Faster than an SOV

You should do the Great Race to Washington D.C. and have it start in New York City. The race back should be to Boston. Transit companies would be Flixbus, Ourbus, Gobus, Megabus, Greyhound, Peter Pan, Amtrak, Acela, and all Airlines from the 3 airports in New York(There will be no Lucky Star going there and back).

Miles I think gets some kind of Prometheus-style treatment - gives the gift of transit knowledge to humanity, and gets punished with eternal transit time torment in return.

Not too sure about Greyhound. Last time we were passing through Pennsylvania We had some truck slam into the side of the bus multiple times and then their axle snap bounce up and hit the window directly in front of me shattering it. We were down for several hours with the Pennsylvania State Police and it just happened to be the driver's day off and he was called in to drive. Just receive court papers for that accident in the mail . 😶😶