They did talk about adding a MFL stop on 19th Street Station until they found it would cost 1 Billion dollars and cancelled it.

I havent seen this anywhere in the world thom

What is the Marta Marta song name?

I Hate The Announcements

Those KISS trains from Stadler are among the best rolling stock I've ever travelled on. I say this as a Swiss.

I worked on the Howard yard for an entire summer, probably around 1991, we did all the new traction power for the tracks in the yard. Very cool experience.

ATL is the busiest airport in the world because it's also the HQ for the largest airline in the world, Delta. Every day, more than 800 Delta flights depart Atlanta to over 30 countries. That accounts for more than 3/4 of the total departures from the airport. ATL is the biggest simply because Delta is the biggest.

I moved to Utah 3 years ago for school and have been blown away at the quality of its public transit. Before I got a car I exclusively used the bus system to get around. I still use it every day to get to school. Additionally, I hate driving on I-15 and genuinely prefer to use the front runner when I want to go to Salt Lake. Lastly, almost every college in the state provides its students with a free UTA pass.

I love the Trax and Frontrunner system! I live 30-45 minutes from Salt Lake, and most of the time I drive, but if conditions get blizzard-like (which they often do here during the winter) the commute via the freeway can take up to 2-3 hours, whereas Frontrunner is always consistently a 45 minute ride for me! I think the best thing Trax is used for is reducing traffic after Utah Jazz games. There’s a Frontrunner station close to the Delta Center, and a Trax station right in the plaza of the Delta center. It makes it much easier for both cars and those riding public transit to get home.

And whether going to Ogilvie or Union Station, you still can’t readily transfer to the subway system without an outdoor walk of several blocks.

Do they check your bags on the Brightline ?

If you would have continued on the Red line you would have gotten to go thru a tunnel that goes under a cemetery between Dormont and Mt Lebanon stops.

Great video! I'm originally from Gary Indiana - just 30 minutes outside of Chicago. Now I'm living in upstate Minnesota. So this was personally interesting to me!

The fact that it doesn't go to St. Cloud is embarrassing. Why even bother at this point? 11,000 people that live in Big Lake?

Catching up on some of your older videos and I have to say this was so fun to watch!

FYI, the way I alleviate the whole not having a crosswalk at both ends shit is I jaywalk that shit. Got to be careful, not for cars and trains, but rather UTA pigs wanting to extort money out of you for revenue.

Trax stations are kept up pretty well, but here you will still get the homeless tweakers causing shit on the platforms and on trains. People feel much safer on FrontRunner than Trax cause of the train host. On Trax there is none so the crackheads do more shit on them. Speaking of shit, they changed the seats to plastic ones cause drunks and homeless tweakers would shit themselves on the seats. I know cause I found one of the shit in seats the fucking hard way. Probably the most nasty things about public transit here is the lowlifes. It's the reason why I am armed everywhere I go.

Definitely an interesting idea! And from my knowledge, this would almost be a transit line of its own kind. Now I do know that especially around the world, many cities with 'major' transit networks have 'orbital' routes. But they are really 'orbital' in that they 'orbit' around the 'core' or 'center' of the network (which usually is the 'center' of the city these systems serve). And it's even more common for larger cities to have parallel lines that go through sections of the 'city/regional center' (as those 'centers' are usually larger as a result) and intersect each other in a network of nodes. But the BLOOP idea seems to be a combination of both: the section between Rosslyn in Arlington, VA (or even from national landing/Regan airport area really) & Union Station is still fairly 'centrally located', while the section across the Potomac b/w NH & Huntingdon is more 'orbital' (they literally are outside of the 'Beltway'), with 2 radial sections closing the 'loop'. I feel like this setup is gonna be rare. But I say let's do it! And speaking of 'orbital' lines & the idea of 'going b/w MD & VA without going into central DC, I do believe another important solution is to finish the purple line, and extend it to VA. (Although I got to say I feel a little pity that they chose to build a light rail instead). Especially, it should extend from the currently planned terminus at Bethesda to Tysons/Vienna area. (Or as I sometimes say, the '9-12' section of the Beltway, from Tysons to Silver Spring, as the traffic of this section is among THE CRAZIEST I've ever seen).

Don't forget to mention that the Mormon CULT runs Utah's government. Basically, the proof of this was when Utah's citizens voted to pass legal weed the Mormon CULT stepped in and THREE days later reversed what Utah citizens voted for. It's rather hilarious cause after all the backlash they made a compromise. Same goes for porn. Mormon CULT passed a law that demanded porn sites to verify users identity. I know for me, I don't want to be identified when I'm watching a donkey show. Fact is the Mormon theocracy controls all aspects of Utah's government. As far as UTA is concerned, they are FAR from being one of the top transit systems. I would contend that California's is MUCH MUCH BETTER. Utah is better than the D.C. trains by far.

You see how when a state has a proper culture the people reflect it

8:19 that means that the Portland Aerial Tram is a funicular, right?

Absolutely with you on the revised route suggestion. Everyone of those stops on the lake shore are very popular stops for anyone living in the area. Another great video.

10:18 great video. Nice pan, John Wagner.

Wow! I haven't been down there in years! So many memories!

This funicular was so awesome!!! It’s amazing that something so old is still in use and still so functional. I’m so thankful that it has been historically preserved. That’s so awesome!!!

Nice idea but not a chance of this happening. No one is ponying up the 11 figures it would take to build. Not for about 2 million people, and not after the Silver Line debacle.

St Patrick's Day there?

They also use 3rd track to train new train operators.

Now all we need is a video Collab with both classy whale and Miles in transit and the whole YT transit vlogers will be complete

I lived in suburban Philadelphia and commuted into the city for many years. For many years I used the former PA Railroad’s Paolo Local. For the same number of years I used the former Reading Norristown Local. Because the PA trains stopped at Suburban Station I had a long walk through the tunnels to my job in the Independence Hall area of the city. The connector is a great improvement.

Amtrak Borealis?! Traveling at this time of the year, at this time of the day, in this part of the country, localized entirely on this KZbin channel?!

I’ve taken this train many times. Main problem was I had to travel by subway or cab from Amtrak South Station to this station. Friday evenings were the most interesting time on the train because of Bostonians heading north for the weekend. I would also use the station to take the bus to Bangor.

Marta doesn’t go far enough.

these will be used in bostonand bigger cities

these wont be used on the downeaster Iasked my boss

Loved riding that train with my mom from Palmdale all they way to Union Station when I was 8 back in 2006. My mom and I then would get on the subway and make our way to the beaches. Good memories thanks for sharing!!❤

Pittsburgh local here- It’s great that the T exists at all, but it badly needs to be extended. Specifically if it connected to the Strip District, and had an East/West connection through the Universities and into Shadyside/Squirrel Hill, it could be a real winner.

I ride this often, to either Waukegan or Evanston usually. Thanks for covering it. BTW, your butts seem awfully sensitive lol.

Hi Thom

Stations in national harbor and Georgetown would be absolutely massive

"What do you think about the name change?" You notice that PRT's logo is three rings? Thats to let you know just what kind of circus they are.

I visited Pittsburgh in 2018 and loved it. I want to visit again sometime. I rode the trains in the downtown and was also impressed with those stations there. I wish they had an east-west line to supplement the system. I rode the Duquesne Incline as well. Very cool and I loved how you can watch the mechanical parts in action.

I always enjoy following Bear on his adventures. Looking forward to more. As usual, the videos are well researched and beautifully edited.

Last year, I took the Cape Flyer to Hyannis, and @ClassyWhale was on it. He interviewed the kids who were sitting a row or two in front of me for part of the ride (I didn't know who he was then, but since have become a fan). On the way back a few days later, Petru Sofio, a Boston-based pedestrian, bike and transit advocate was on it, thought I didn't recognize him until after the video was posted on his friend's youtube channel, @BostonByRails (I can be seen in the background because they were a few rows in front of me). The prior time I took the Cape Flyer, in 2021, @MilesinTransit and his friend Nathan were on both the train and the connecting Peter Pan bus to Provincetown. They sat right in front of me on the bus and I can be seen in his video, albeit briefly (I didn't know who he was then either, but began following not too long after, and didn't discover the video with me in it until I was going through some of his old videos a few months ago). So, if you ever do a Cape Flyer video, there's a chance I'll happen to randomly be on it, even though I've only taken it three times...