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6:45: "Here's the UN, which hot take: I don't like the slab on the side." Fun fact: the slab on the side is to eliminate corner offices to prevent the appearance of certain countries getting more "prestigious" offices.

The dedication this boy has to doing these is insane.

MTA desperately needs day passes/day fare caps. There's no reason a day out on the buses, even as silly as this was, should cost $34.75.

2:23 was expecting you to yell "BACK DOOR!!!" but thats just the impatient new yorker in me

Ah yes, take advantage of the Jet Lag off season. Nice work!

I'm seeing a lot of comments about how we should've been fare capped, so to set the record straight: to my understanding, because we rode an express bus, that $6.75 didn't factor into the math for the fare cap (omny.info/faq/fare-cap), so the total fare shown at the end is accurate. Do correct me if I'm wrong though!

You're not in the wrong for yelling at people on the bus because you were trying to get off. It's common sense for those wanting to get on to let people get off first before getting on. The superstition regarding pigeons if it poos on you in general, it's considered good luck! In Japan, it's good luck if it's on a shoulder! Having originated in Russia, it's thought to be good luck as the chances of this happening are low. And the San Francisco hill is Duffy's Hill. It was named for Michael James Duffy, a Tammany Hall Alderman who built 26 rowhouses there. Funny you mention SF, as it was the home of many cable car accidents because the cars had to quickly accelerate and decelerate at this point. The corporation that ran the cable cars had a 24-hour guard stationed at the base of the hill by 1937 to watch over incidents. The Cloisters was designed by the architect Charles Collens, who also worked on Harvard's Swartz Hall in Cambridge! It holds about 5,000 works of art and architecture, all European and mostly dating from the Byzantine to the early Renaissance periods, mainly during the 12th through 15th centuries. The four cloisters are the Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie, that were acquired by sculptor and art dealer George Grey Barnard in France before 1913 and moved to NYC. John D Rockefeller Jr purchased the museum site in Washington Heights in 1930 and donated it to the Metropolitan in 1931 and opened in 1938.

"did we learn anything from doing this?" *smash cut to credits* lol

The historic building you see at 0:21 is the Battery Maritime Building! It was built from 1906 to 1909 and designed by the firm of Richard Walker and Charles Morris. It was inspired by the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle and is the only remaining ferry building in that style in Manhattan. It was built for ferries going to Brooklyn, but today it's been used for Governors Island ferries since 1956! If you go inside, they have Governors Island-themed art called Not for Nutten (a play on the fact the island was once called Nutten Island) which is a nod to the island's past like The Turtle being the world's first submersible in warfare and used by George Washington, or boxing gloves for Joe Louis because he did his Army physical there. We used their ferry service back in Winter of this year because we wanted to go to Governors Island during a time it wasn't crowded, and we managed to pick a comfortable day because it ended up being in the 40s! Other people were on the ferry but for the most part, wherever we went on the island, it was to ourselves so it was perfect.

Yup, the Hudson Palisades are absolutely wonderful! The basalt cliffs are the margin of a diabase sill, formed about 200 million years ago at the close of the Triassic period! This was formed by the intrusion of molten magma upward into sandstone. The molten magma then cooled and solidified before reaching the surface. Water erosion of the softer sandstone left behind the columnar structure of harder rock that exists today as the Hudson/NJ Palisades! And wouldn't you believe at one point in time, streetcars were able to tackle these cliffs to serve the people who lived on top? The North Hudson County Railway used everything from a huge and long elevated trestle, funicular wagon lifts, and an elevator! Tackling the cliffs this way was an engineering feat, especially for the time! So the deal with Little Island is it was planned in 2014 and opened in May 2021. It was designed by Heatherwick Studio and largely funded by Barry Diller and Diane von Fürstenberg as well as some funding from the NYC and state governments. Diane von Fürstenberg is a Belgian fashion designer who was once married to a German prince of the House of Fürstenberg (Swabian nobles) named Prince Egon. She is now married to Barry. Barry on the other hand is Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC (a media holding company), Expedia Group, and founded the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1986.

Battery Park City was actually established in the 70s and it is landfill from the construction of the original World Trade Center which dug up all the dirt down to the bedrock

I just found this channel, and I love your affinity for transit. truly a great viewing experience

Hi miles, I'm a new subscriber, found you through Geoff Marshall, I'm a Bus driver in Brighton, south of England. Uk. Loving your bus vids.. I was in NYC probably 20 years ago.. Your videos with friends make me smile and laugh.. 🇬🇧👍🚌😁

24:43 "Did we learn anything from doing this?" *rolls credits* 😂😂😂 Your delivery is hilarious!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

4:19 Racking up those Amtrak points.

It would be fun to do a transit race against city bikes in Manhattan

Yelling “coming out” on the day of the pride parade seems relevant enough

In 1978 I was 16 and I rode every bus street in the midtown grid on a shopper's special ticket (triple single fare) when it was 100+ degrees. Only two buses had working A/C.

Even if you didn't go to Marble Hill, I'm gonna give you the lore on why it's Manhattan anyway!: Marble Hill may have a Bronx zip code, Bronx area codes, and is attached to the Bronx, but it remains an exclave of Manhattan! Marble Hill was once part of Manhattan Island, but it became its own island in 1895 as the result of the Harlem Ship Canal. Then in 1914, it became attached to the Bronx as the result of the Harlem River on the north side of Marble Hill being fully diverted to the canal. The name of Marble Hill was conceived when Darius C. Crosby came up with the name in 1891 from the deposits of dolomite marble underlying it known as Inwood marble. The marble was quarried for the federal buildings in Lower Manhattan when New York was the national capital in the 1780s. As for the slab or the UN Secretariat building of the UN Headquarters: According to architect Wallace K. Harrison, the marble walls not only allowed the Secretariat Building to be seen as a monument, but also reduced competition between staff members who wanted corner offices. The Secretariat's architects had wanted to design the massing as a slab without any setbacks. This contrasted with older buildings, such as those at the Rockefeller Center complex, which contained setbacks corresponding to the tops of their elevator bank.

It’s hilarious you mentioned what type of person would buy from that Land Rover because I’ll tell you- my nightmare of an old boss who eventually went to jail for embezzlement. So your assumption was spot on 😂

Geoff should use his head on position maps too.

At 6:05 "Bus shelter!"......those two people walking out sure look like they took advantage of it!

I love the IRT Powerhouse building so much!!

Fun idea, but really dumb in practice. No New Yorker commutes that way in Manhattan.

Another great video! Fort Tryon Park is probably one of my favorite, if not most favorite, NYC park, because of all the hills and stunning views. Absolutely visit the Cloisters when you get a chance - like literally, make a trip to NYC just to visit it. The 190th A train station is the closest, and for an extra challenge, you can forego the elevator and take the "scenic" route - use the long ramp out to Bennett Avenue, then turn right and walk down to W. 187th Street, turn right again, walk up the block, then cross Overlook Avenue and walk up the public staircase to Fort Washington Avenue. Do an about-face for some amazing views of upper Manhattan and the Bronx, then proceed north on Fort Washington to Margaret Corbin Plaza and enter the park from there. The Cloisters is not far from there on foot. You'll also pass right by the elevator entrance to the station. Also, absolutely amble around the park and take in the views of the Hudson and the NJ Palisades. You will not be disappointed. You're welcome 😎

I love these videos, I'm obsessed with how you guys just nerd out about random transit, history, and urban planning stuff the whole time lol, I need friends like that too!

the old buses are noice cuz comfy carpeted seats, now only if the newer nova n xcelsiors had em too. You make a normal bus commute in NYC the least mundane lol. Forgot the cloisters existed too it's rlly cool should go there sometime + many cool spots in Manhattan, I as a NYer didn't know.

Love how nerdy and pointless but also not pointless this channel is. Keep up the great and entertaining work!

This channel is such an interesting idea. I find I can't stop watching. An intimate look at mass transit in the United States

You have motivated me to try this next time I go up. Cause this seems fun.

24:44: "Did we learn anything from this?" Yes - watching three people circumnavigate Manhattan island and learning trivia at parts is always good.

Great video, always love the little things you guys point out!

10:24 Tepeyac is the name of the hill in the north of Mexico City where on December 1531, the Virgin of Guadalupe was said to have appeared. Great video, love this channel, hi from L.A.

This video reminds me of the time when I walked all of Manhattan from south ferry to uptown and back downtown again. It was very painful. Another good video though miles

The only channel i have notifications on for ❤

Nicely done as usual ✅, I think the Bee Line bus is free for the summer again don’t forget the Bxm4c!

You mentioning Pride reminded me that I saw a couple of the contestants from your Amazing Race episodes at Boston Pride, and I was marching with my company's Pride committee, and I spent way too much time explaining what the Miles In Transit channel is about. Hoping you got at least a few subscribers out of it, but I'm not sure I sold it as well as I could have, since they seemed confused about the whole "exploring modes of transportation" thing.

The good ol' Hudson Ocean. Congrats on pulling this off on a non-normal day in Manhattan.

I'd love to see more of these challenges videos

Miles, your channel rules. This is awesome. Thanks.

Watched this a few times already. The dippin dots part is great. Have gotten them from that exact machine many times

I used a treat machine like that before! Haven't thought of that in years. Ice cream. Frozen candy bars.

Here you go, making me miss home again! LOL I've done each of these routes at some or many points. Never all at once. Pretty fun!

I really enjoyed the video thank you. I'm watching from the UK. I used to live in London in the 90s and I loved to use the buses there, I found them to be so much more useful than the Underground. However when I have visited NYC I have found the buses to be too infrequent to be of use, also the routes where I was staying were not very useful. It wasn't a comprehensive exploration however. When you are in the centre of London you see buses everywhere, but when you are in Manhattan, occasionally you see a bus.

Oh man, my apartment building is on camera in a Miles In Transit video. Nice.

Your face in the thumbnail 🤣👌

Love these videos. I've driven some of these bus routes myself back in 2022, like the M22, M14s, M12, and M20 but moved to the Bronx. I am also a bus enthusiast

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Great video! You should of did a Novabus counter since you rode so many of them. BTW the M12 is like that everyday and be glad you didn't take m11 you would still be on the bus

A very enjoyable video, thanks

In New York we say "getting off". We also fold our newspaper 8 ways so it's really thin and doesn't get in the way of anyone next to you, until the Times changed its layout and then you folded it 6 ways (I'm old.)

Upper Manhattan has some extremely cool stuff.

I seriously need to befriend some transit nerds, this looked so fun! Another great video Miles :)

I'm in awe that you guys spent *nine hours* riding the bus lol

Miles, Exellent video 🎉

realizing i went 2 the same hs as jeremy finally figured out why they looked so familiar LOL was a year below though so nvr interacted! these vids r very fun to watch as another urban planning student thank u for ur service🫡🫡 inwood hill park is also another underrated park imo next time ur in upper manhattan

I just came upon this video and i loved it. I live in NYC & now I want to get on the M4 & M5 and ride down Ft Washington Ave & Riverside Drive one day. And seeing some of my old and even current stomping grounds was fun to watch. This was a great video!

Thanks for taking the M34/A. My bus!

Should come to Halifax, NS to check out our whacky bus system!

Love the new end credits screen!!

Now I need to see Miles on a seaplane

As a former New Yawker, so many memories on this trip. I almost plotzed when you boarded my old bus the BXM1 (as well as the B7 local) to Riverdale (next time you should take it to 262nd). I also love an M5 ride down Riverside Dr, such a scenic tour of Upper Manhattan.

The Cloisters is well worth going to, but it's a whole lot easier to get to on the A-train.

You learned Upper Manhattan is great.

I'm currently reading a series of mysteries (written by Victoria Thompson) that take place in Manhattan circa 1895-8. I had to watch this video to see if some of the landmarks mentioned in the books are still there. Yes, some are. Also, I'm oddly intrigued by your adventures on public transportation. Your dromomania has become my latest guilty pleasure. Thanks for sharing!

I really can't believe there's a channel of a guy filming his own torture

Damn, Miles worst nightmare, can't blame the dude by the thumbnail lol 😆😂

There was a peak hour express bus route called the X90 that ran from Lower Manhattan to Yorkville on the Upper East Side near the East River. It operated via the FDR Drive and York Avenue. Despite having fairly high ridership for an express bus route, it was eliminated in 2010 due to budget cuts. The MTA felt that it was expendable since it was a short route.

21:18 fun fact… the big brown building there across from the BMW dealer…the historic CBS television broadcast center. 57th St between 10th & 11th Aves. And yes those are giant avenues to cross.

I want Doug to give me an NYC tour, he knows a lot

Great video! I was wondering if you could do a video about the situation at the former Greyhound Bus Terminal in Philly? As people who ride buses a lot I think it could be good to cover the dire situation that Greyhound/Flixbus has caused in Philly and in other areas!

miles has never seen an ice cream vending machine

The answer to the question "Did we learn anything from doing this?" is: Naaaahhh! We just did it because we could. 😀

Well, that was absolutely fantastic! The M4 is my favorite bus ride in NYC, and yes, you should go to the Cloisters. That's the first long city bus ride I ever took, Friday after Thanksgiving from midtown to the Cloisters (and back!) If you haven't, however, done the A train stop you passed by, you should just for the elevator experience. The only thing I wish you had done differently in the captions would have been to include the bus number (where you list fares, etc). Otherwise a great tour. Never do it again on Pride Parade day, though!

This is a really great idea for a race. One group goes one way, the other goes the other. Great planning!

Video Idea, take all ferry routes in NYC/NJ in a day

You have such a thick accent when you say park 😂 I never noticed until this park centric video

a herculean task! love jeremy as always they're so funny, and doug was fun as well! :))

I was in NYC the day of the pride parade, finding out Miles was there also feels like a big moment for me (it shouldnt) (its fine) (transit is so cool)

Heyy I'm bussin' here!

yall seem like a nice group of friends :)

And the lesson here kids is, is that Miles can find convoluted ways to circumnavigate Manhattan by bus!! Also Miles, Washington Heights and Inwood in Upper Manhattan that's my neck of the woods is a underrated neighborhood albeit expensive!

This might also be the slowest and least efficient method for getting around Manhattan. Brilliant work guys! Love it haha!

Impressions of a non-New Yorker: like the yellow 'Next Bus' annunciator box, confused by the touch panel door opener (seems a bit off in a post-plague environment, make it make sense) - surprised you didn't reach some fare cap along the way - thanks for taking us along \m/

16:37 that reminds me of this crazy road trip I took yesterday for the hell of it up to the White Mountains. Saw where the Old Man of the Mountain once stood, and apparently resting on the side of Cannon Mountain isn't living free, because for anyone who doesn't know, the Old Man yeeted himself down into Profile Lake (the source of the river that eventually becomes the Merrimack) 20 years ago

Now you have to do this to Boston ;)

M4: My former school route- without it being an official school bus.

That hill in the 101 bus brings back a lot of memories when we used to take the bus down Lexington Avenue to 98th street. The old buses in the late 80s and early 90s would struggle on that hill and when it would get caught at the top red light it was kind of scary.

Thanks again for the Google vs Apple Maps advice!

“Did we learn anything from doing this?”

Cloisters is an excellent museum! The bus from there was quite good as well!

Oh you were in a legit Express Bus. I used to ride the X27 from Bay Ridge in Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan

Yelling that you’re coming out wasn’t rude at all actually! It’s normal New York etiquette!

2:33, this ain’t SEPTA, TOUCH THOSE BARS!!!

Me, just knowing I could have been on the same bus as Miles makes me cry inside

Thank goodness you'll didn't do this during rush hour

I used to live at Waterside Plaza.

Next do Westchester the beeline is free again 😂

I was curious if you could do this challenge in SF. Unfortunately, there aren't many routes around the perimeter (and the biggest stretches are the F Line and T 3rd St, which are both rail so don't count), so it's just a lot of hopping back and forth to try and get loops out to the water then back in to keep going. A better challenge would be to circumnavigate the Bay. The weak link in this system is easily AC Transit, which relies on BART for long-distance intercity travel, so only offers super local routes that will take you all day to traverse Alameda County. Best course might be to start the day at Fremont BART and catch the last overnight bus (AC Transit Route 801 leaving 5:55 AM) to San Leandro BART, AC Transit Tempo BRT to 19th St Oakland, AC Transit NL Transbay Bus to San Francisco Transbay Terminal, walk one block to Mission/1st, take SamTrans 292 to Hillsdale Shopping Center, transfer to SamTrans ECR to the Palo Alto Transit Center, transfer to VTA 522 or 22 to the Santa Clara Transit Center, transfer to VTA 60 to Milpitas Transit Center, then finally transfer to AC Transit Route 217 back to Fremont BART. If you want to loop in the North Bay, things will get painful but should be doable. Start again at Fremont BART with AC Transit 801 then Tempo BRT to 19th St. This time, take AC Transit Route 72R to El Cerrito Del Norte BART, then transfer to Soltrans Route R to the Vallejo Transit Center. There is no regular bus service between Napa/Solano Counties and Sonoma County, so an Amtrak Thruway bus will have to do. This will be tricky as there are only 4 per day per direction. Take one of these to the Petaluma Copeland Transit Mall and transfer to either Golden Gate Transit Route 101 or 172. Take either to Mission/1st St in San Francisco, then continue with the above (SamTrans 292, SamTrans ECR, VTA 522 or 22, VTA 60, AC Transit 217). This one may not be possible in a day...