We Had 24 Hours in Quebec City...Here's How We Spent It

[@chaschuky999]

I appreciate that Miles isn't afraid to experiment with the font used for the credits screen, this weeks font was especially moving.

[@zacharyabelson8196]

Truly, it brought me to tears

[@BrianJColby15YT]

WingDings FTW!

[@JornBor]

Moving? More like re-moving my patreon subscription because I wasn't able to identify my name!! 🤬😤🤬

[@MarioFanGamer659]

I read this comment before watching the end of the video (though fortunately without looking into the replies). Was not disappointed.

[@Vtarngpb]

@@JornBorlearn how to read Wingdings!

[@ReelBigMike]

Putting the credits in Wingdings was a great way to simulate what it would be like if I went to Quebec City and tried to read anything or communicate in any way.

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

If you speak English you can automatically read a large proportion of french signs, because so many English words came from French.

[@TheJimprez]

90% of the people here can understand English and respond to varying degrees. ANY commercial venue will be able to serve you in English. And then there are actual ENGLISH speakers who went to an ENGLISH school here (from kindergarten to college). The community is as old as the British conquest, there are English churches of different denominations and religions, an English newspaper, an English library, and until a few years ago, an English TV station... I don't know where you got your info, but it was clearly wrong...

[@TJoseph2]

I like how you put the credits in french to keep it authentic

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I like how the first thing Aleena says when she walks around Quebec City is "This feels like Epcot" 💀. Not wrong! The main building of Epcot's Canada pavilion was inspired by Ottawa's Château Laurier rather than Quebec City's Château Frontenac. Disney wanted funding from the Canadian government for it, but the government refused because they feared the pavilion would rely on stereotypes. They designed a small thoroughfare to represent French influence on one side and British influence on the other. The pavilion once had two fiberglass totem poles that were replaced by three authentic ones in 1998 and 2017. Sounds to me like you two should go to Disney World to ride all of Disney World's free transit in one day! The Old Quebec funicular opened in November 1879 and when it opened, it used a water ballast system where water tanks built under the floor of each car were filled or emptied until just sufficient imbalance was achieved to allow movement. This was converted electrical operation in 1907. After a fatal crash in 1996 that killed a person when the cable snapped and the emergency brake failed, it was revamped and reopened in 1998. And yes, maple taffy is a Quebec specialty. It originated from the indigenous as a method of preserving food and then it was adopted by the French settlers.

[@dutchvanderlinde154]

I like that idea of riding Disney transit and always cool fact.

[@abrandenburg10]

We need a walt disney world monorail review (it's terrible)

[@dutchvanderlinde154]

@@abrandenburg10 why do you think it sucks I've had no issues

[@abrandenburg10]

@dutchvanderlinde154 bc the trains are like 30 years old now and break down a lot lol. I love the monorail but it's in sad shape

[@dutchvanderlinde154]

@abrandenburg10 fair, I'm surprised they didn't replace the mark vi monorails they are iconic but they can't stay for ever

[@TransportGeekery]

Miles and Aleena are just too wholesome 😍

[@DoubleHCreations]

Agreed

[@Nicsopana]

The first hydrogen-fuelled Coradia iLint in passenger service is running in a more sensible route, in northern Germany from Buxtehude to Cuxhaven. Additionally they are running (or at least should be running) in the Frankfurt area. The service you saw in Quebec seems to be only for demonstration.

[@Canleaf08]

I think, that DB Baureihe 628.1 trains are used on the "Train de Charlevoix" normally. It is strange, but this company imported German regional trains for the tourist train operations in place of the older Metra cars used before.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The Château Frontenac is absolutely gorgeous, a work of art! Yup, it was always a hotel! Basically there was this guy named Lord Dufferin who supervised a big restoration project in the 1870s to the restore the city's look to the 17th century. Dufferin wanted to rebuild the Château Saint-Louis (the former home of French governors where the hotel is today) but the city council wanted a grand hotel to attract tourism from the wealthy, and to finance the project, they found businessmen connected to the Canadian Pacific Railway to build it and it was completed in 1893. Yes, it was built by a railway! The Canadian Pacific also built two grand hotels in Banff as they were ones who lobbied for the creation of Banff National Park. The Château Frontenac was designed by Bruce Price who also worked on Montreal's Windsor Station, invented, patented, and built the parlor bay-window cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Boston and Albany Railroad, as well as many cottages in Tuxedo Park, NY which influenced Frank Lloyd Wright. The hotel was named after Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was the Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682, and again from 1689 to 1698.

[@jacktattersall9457]

All the former Canadian Pacific Hotels were purchased by the Canadian luxury hotel chain Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, which explains their beutiful hotels in each major Canadian city, including Fairmont Royal York across the street from Toronto Union Station, Fairmont Reine Elizabeth beside Montreal Gare Centrale, and Fairmont Chateau Laurier around the corner from the Senate of Canada Building (which use to be Ottawa's main train station).

[@jmckenzie962]

You and Aleena are successfully filling the vacuum in my heart that was created when Geoff broke up with Vicki. You are a very lucky man, Miles. You also have an excellent knack for running gags - the CANADIAN DOLLARS bit made me chuckle a bit more each time.

[@MilesinTransit]

Aww, thank you so much!!

[@92xsaabaru-]

8:21 if your partner has a least favorite type of bus, then they're a keeper!

[@jasertio]

This video has made me very interested in visiting Quebec at somepoint. I have been to Montreal and Toronto as a kid but I honestly don't remember much. HOWEVER, Quebec seems to be on a league of its own. Thank you Miles in Transit and Aleena.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you for watching! Quebec is a very cool city, totally unique in North America.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

“I only serve to make our experience worse” Miles to Symmetry when Miles chooses to go the cheapest way to EWR during the Great Race to NY series. The building to the left with the tall tower in the middle at 7:16 is Quebec’s Parliament Building. The Parliament Building was designed by architect Eugène-Étienne Taché in a Second Empire style (as in the Second French Empire of Napoleon III) and built between 1877 and 1886. He was the same guy who devised Quebec's provincial coat-of-arms and motto Je me souviens (or "I remember"). The coat of arms has fleurs-de-lis for French royalty, a lion for British royalty, and three maple leaves for Canada. Montmorency Falls and the Montmorency River were named in honor of Charles de Montmorency, Duke of Damville who was Admiral of France in 1596. During summer months, the falls give off a yellow glow due to high iron content in the waterbed. The falls has a total height of about 84 meters which is higher than the 51 meters Niagara Falls! But the highest waterfall in Canada is James Bruce Falls in British Columbia which has a height of 840 meters or 2,760 feet.

[@reilandeubank]

For my 8th grade French class I took a trip to QBC and it’s so crazy watching this video like 7-8 years later and seeing all the same stuff! Like i instantly recognized the alley with the umbrellas because I have a picture of it on my instagram. I also did the zip line, and I actually got stuck halfway through😂

[@LucaPasini2]

At 4:08 whoever's playing the guitar is playing "Les Moulins de Mon Coeur" by Michel Legrand, a French composer famous for scoring awesome (but extremely French) musicals from the '60s, like "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" or "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort". A really French choice of music for a really French-looking city, at least for my European eyes. If you're a little into jazz you may be familiar with the song "You Must Believe in Spring" recorded by Bill Evans: it was actually composed by Legrand and it's featured inside "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort".

[@MilesinTransit]

I'll have to check these out! I really enjoyed listening to that guitar playing when editing this.

[@LucaPasini2]

@@MilesinTransit Both of the films are real masterpieces, the first one is more tragic and was the main inspiration for La La Land, the second one is one of the most joyful films I've ever seen, an ode to romantic love and positivity. I stongly recommend them both! Going back to transport the Coradia Lint hydrogen train is also clearly European: a similar model should have entered regular service somewhere in Germany not long ago, however I think it gained a really bad reputation for its unrealiability. Italy, where I'm writing from, should also introduce soon hydrogen-powered trains on some regional lines, like the Brescia-Edolo, but they chose a different model from the Coradia Stream family, similar to the Italian "Pop" and Dutch "ICNG" EMUs.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Rue du Petit-Champlain was named for Samuel de Champlain, who founded Quebec City in 1608. It's the oldest commercial district in North America, but Rue du Petit Champlain is not the oldest street on the whole continent. Mexico City's Tacuba Street and Water Street in St. John's, Newfoundland are older than it! St John's got its name when Venetian explorer John Cabot sailed there for England in 1494. In 1527, when English mariner John Rut went over in search of the Northwest Passage, he discovered Norman, Breton, and Portuguese ships in the harbor. When he wrote a letter to King Henry, this was the first ever letter sent in English from North America. And it was in 1527 that Water Street developed. But Tacuba Street in Mexico City was developed in the 14th century. Located in the heart of the city, Tacuba (formerly called “Tlacopan”) was one of the original avenues that connected the Aztecs' capital city Tenochtitlan, which was an island, to the mainland. Tenochtitlan was founded where it was because their sun god Huitzilopochtli told them to look for an eagle eating a snake while perched on a cactus, and so they saw this at Lake Texcoco. This is reflected on the Mexican flag and coat of arms.

[@KyrilPG]

Hey Miles, cool video! Here's just a slightly pedantic explanation about "téléphérique" : I find the French naming structure for cable systems much richer and precise than in English. It almost always contains "télé", like in téléphone, télévision, etc. Except funiculaire (funicular), of course. There's téléphérique (like the "Périphérique" ring road in Paris, the "peripheral way"), meaning the ropeway or the "iron way" according to some explanations. "Téléphérique" usually means a back and forth cable car running on one or two support cables and moved by another propeller / tractor / haul cable. It is sometimes used as the generic term for all aerial cable systems, even though it can be misleading. There's also "télécabine", which is a continuous gondola., with a single looping cable that acts as both support and propeller / tractor cable, just like chairlifts. They usually have detachable cabins so that they can slow down or stop in stations while the cable keeps running at a constant speed. Télépulsé, a "pulsed" gondola, the ones often with groups of cabins that are not continuously running. They are "pulsed" at intervals and cabins are usually fixed on the cable, contrary to most common "télécabines" which can be unhooked from the cable. Télésiège, literally "teleseat", a chairlift. Some are fixed to the cable (the slow ones), some are "débrayable", which means detachable from the cable and are usually the express ones. Télémix, which use the same infrastructure as a télésiège or télécabine and have a mix of both detachable chairs and cabins going around the same circuit. So that you can have skiers, pedestrians, wheelchairs, kids, elderly people, etc. All on the same equipment with different vehicles according to their needs or preferences. Funitel, somewhat of a mix between a gondola and cable car where multiple larger cabins run on a loop circuit like "télécabines" except they have a wide and more stable "track" made up of 2 widely spaced cables that each act as both support and tractor cables. In fact, it's a single cable doing a double loop and pulled by a complex pulley system. Cabins are usually detachable and running a loop circuit, although some funitels exist in pulsed version where one or more groups of 3 to 5 larger cabins are pulled at intervals and run back and forth. There are also "3S" gondola systems (from German "3Seil" meaning "3 cables"), which have substantially larger cabins, and 3 cables : 2 fixed support cables forming a track on which runs a trolley, from which cabins are suspended, and pulled by the 3rd cable that is the tractor one. It is truly like a large "télécabine" or gondola operating on the cable setup of a "téléphérique" and in a continuous loop. Plus some other types... I find the "cable car" or "gondola" terms in English way too restrictive and poorly descriptive. Given that cable transportation systems are gaining popularity in urban environments for specific public transit purposes, it would be great if a more descriptive nomenclature existed in English. Medellin, La Paz, Caracas, Mexican City and others use "télécabines" systems. Paris is currently building its first multi-station télécabine line, Cable C1, to extend a metro line (M8) by 4.5km over obstacles like a rail yard and high-voltage lines, while serving 5 stations with many 10-seat cabins in a poorly served part of the Southeastern suburbs. This first line being also a full-size trial possibly paving the way for a handful of other lines. Another French city, Toulouse, is currently building its third automated metro line and has opened "Téléo" in May 2022 : a 3km long 3-station "3S" line with 16 large fancy cabins designed by Pininfarina, each with a 20-seat 34 passenger capacity. It connects major medical facilities like a cancer research and treatment center and a university hospital center to the metro B line and it acts as a stretch of orbital transit in the South of the city. It crosses a river and goes over a large hill and park and does so with only 5 pylons. The frequency is currently set at 90 seconds between cabin departures at every station during peak. There are plans to extend the line on each side up to total a length of 10 kilometers. There's also an urban 3S in Coblenz, Germany, a ~1km line running across the Rhine River with only 2 pylons. The Roosevelt Island "Tramway", since the 2010 renovation, is actually 2 single-track back-and-forth "téléphériques" or cable cars next to each other. They can each operate independently. Before the 2010 renovation, or rather the 2010 "rebuilding", it was a single double-track system with a single looping tractor or hauling cable, so cabins would systematically both move at the same time in opposite directions. A far too long and pedantic comment to say that the English language needs more words to accurately name cable systems. Fine video, as always! Edit: the aerial cable system you rode in the video is a fixed-grip back-and-forth funitel, sometimes also called a pulsed funitel. It's a bit overkill to have such type of funitel with only 2 cabins... Continuous detachable funitels with many cabins can have quite high ridership capacity and are usually installed in very windy and inhospitable locations for their great stability.

[@MilesinTransit]

I think this is a little more than "slightly" pedantic...although saying that, I read this whole thing and I was transfixed by how many different types of, uh, aerial cable systems there are, so thank you very much! It's a real gap in my knowledge.

[@KyrilPG]

@@MilesinTransit I aim to please! 🤣 Aerial cable systems are quite rich and surprisingly efficient In a number of situations and urban transit purposes. They also can operate and scale up a lot in capacity with a very limited skeleton crew, quasi unattended. And I don't know any other reliable form of transit that can do so on a limited crew without heavy and costly infrastructure. One idea for an upcoming trip to visit some transit : Paris! So much stuff opening this spring 2024 and in late 2025, it's transit-a-palooza ! I can't wait for the 4 extensions and 28 stations over 34 kilometers of new rail infrastructure opening between March and June. And there's a flavor for everyone : a bit of surface tram as appetizers, a good chunk of new metro tunnels and stations as main course and even some big fat badass RER tunnels and mega cavernous stations as the decadent desert. Only a few months wait left! (I'm dying of impatience)... Plus 35km of new deep metro and 16 stations (first section of M15), and the first "télécabine" line Cable C1 I mentioned earlier, opening in summer (C1) and late 2025 (M15 South). You're more than welcome here in Paris, to foam with us. Greetings and happy new year from Paris.

[@altosaxophonie]

I'm British but I lived in Québec City for a year, not too far from where you had the Lebanese food - if you live anywhere near the métrobus lines (any of the 800 series) then getting around is easy going, very convenient, but the moment you have to use any of the local buses then it becomes an exponentially more miserable task. To get to work I had to take the 801 over to Terminus Beauport where I would change for a bus that took me up through suburbs north of the nice area you passed on the way to the waterfall (Beauport). That service was hourly and very poorly timed for my job, I could either get to work way too early or a tiny bit too late. Trying not to rant too much but Québec City is certainly not the transit haven it could be and is full of the classic North American car centric design outside of a few liveable islands. Don't get me started on the troubles I had getting to and from the airport (no consistent public transport connections whatsoever!!). Not having a car genuinely made my life more difficult over there.

[@MilesinTransit]

We actually filmed our laborious trip to the airport, but I didn't include it because it was early in the morning and we were really tired...maybe on Patreon. Regardless, it was a beast of a trip that took way longer than it should've!

[@altosaxophonie]

@@MilesinTransit when you mentioned the airport trip in the video i was screaming 'noooo just take the taxi!!!' lol

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

The tracks used by the Train de Charlevoix continue to Gare du Palais, but the service ends at Chutes Montmorency because the European DMUs they use are not certified to run on the Canadian network. They aren't allowed to share tracks with other trains, which prevents them from continuing any further on using the line through Quebec's harbour and into the central station. In addition to the hydrogen Alstom LINTs, they also have some Baureihe 628 DMUs that they got second-hand from Deutsche Bahn.

[@radagastwiz]

You'll find European DMUs in one other place in Canada - Line 2, aka the Trillium Line, on Ottawa's O-Train. It uses a converted former local rail line that is generally unconnected to the main rail network (but sometimes has freight movements overnight after the DMUs are put away)

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@radagastwiz I live in Ottawa, so I'm well familiar. The Trillium Line has had solid representation from European DMUs, they started with Bombardier Talents, then replaced them with Alstom LINTs, and now they've added Stadler FLIRTs. All they'd need are some Siemens Desiros and they'd have all 4 of the most popular regional trains in Europe.

[@rosemarycutie]

my city! its kinda neat seeing you folks on the buses i ride

[@davidcho1579]

It’s so adorable how Aleena doesn’t like the NovaBus! Unfortunately for her, it’s the most common model in Toronto and the suburbs by far.

[@radagastwiz]

Given they are manufactured in Quebec, I imagine she encountered many on that trip.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

She needs to grow up

[@MilesinTransit]

Boy, someone doesn't understand a joke when they hear one...

[@AlexGetsAroundTO]

@@radagastwizEvery Quebec bus system are made up of 99% Nova Buses so yes.

[@erik_griswold]

How sad that one has hateful feelings towards Volvo-owned NovaBus (8:23). Does she also hate Prevost Car?

[@RicksTravelogue]

Of the videos of you and Aleena on the Zipline, I loved the one showing the waterfall best. And I wasn't expecting the credits. Also, I will be taking my first train in four years in a week and a half when I head from Upstate NY to Pittsburgh. Looking forward to it.

[@MilesinTransit]

Ooh, have a great time!

[@-Cece]

Buffalo is nice in the summer. Come visit. Go Bills!

[@seanh2286]

Glad you got a chance to visit Quebec. I knew someone who travelled by bus from Toronto to Jonquiere in 1990, fell asleep in Ontario, and woke up somewhere in Quebec in the early morning as they pulled into a bus station. She stumbled off the bus and followed some fellow passengers into the station coffee shop. half awake, she ordered some coffee and asked where they were. She got back, "Quebec." She was confused, as she told us later; she knew which province she was in, she wanted to know what town! I enjoyed the off-kilter credits: Dingbats?

[@MilesinTransit]

Wingdings! And that's a great story.

[@s.macintosh-jc9rf]

Hi there, Quebec City is the most beautiful city in Canada! The architecture is beyond compare. Thanks for the wonderful video. Peter

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you, Peter!

[@noseboop4354]

If you come back during the winter, in addition to the toboggan you can also go dog sledding. Oh, and also stop by the ice hotel.

[@tetramerces]

Bike lane May-Oct, other times -> full of snow :P

[@history_leisure]

"In which Miles does a Be Brave Challenge". Couples Bonding Activities am I right?

[@BoBandits]

What great winter weather you experienced 😂

[@TrainsFerriesFeet]

That was quite a nice trip. I've been wanting to take the Adirondack from NYC to Montreal. They need to extend it to Quebec City, also.

[@joermnyc]

While there’s ongoing negotiations for a Boston to Montreal train, I doubt VIA Rail would want Amtrak going to Quebec City.

[@counterfit5]

​@@joermnycwould be nice if they could work together better like SNCF and SBB/CFF/FFS on TGV Lyria

[@JonathanCabot]

this video really winged my dings

[@hashtagdag]

Holy Zapf Dingbats, Batman! That was awesome! The funicular reminded me of a smaller version of the elevator at South Station.

[@a81517]

whenever I see french, I get the urge to violently mispronounce it.

[@davidjackson7281]

me 2

[@JeffersonLeeEng]

I speak French the same way I speak German... phonetically

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

To be fair, the spelling is kind of asking for it. Same with English.

[@davidjackson7281]

@@JeffersonLeeEngSounds like you may be saying you speak German to the French on the phone.

[@davidjackson7281]

@@OntarioTrafficManFor me English works the best. Others not so much.

[@phronsiekeys]

I did ride the funicular the one time I went to Quebec City but I did not know about all these other transit options. I stayed at the Chateau Frontenac (that fancy hotel) with Canadian dollars making that possible and it has quite an interesting history. Worth returning to!

[@ade2382]

babe wake up miles in transit is in quebec

[@robertmiller8336]

Friends of mine just returned from a trip there between Christmas and New Year's. So beautiful in winter.

[@JohnLumagui]

Wingdings ending...*chef's kiss*

[@samppw]

i'm from quebec city and the neighborhood you were in at 15:40 is a neighborhood we call ''the asylum\crazy neighborhood''. that is because before 2000, a movement in Quebec called deinstitutionalization lead to the government releasing about 60% of the people they had in holding in mental hospitals. there is a mental hospital right next to where you were (couple streets away) that used to be called the Robert-Giffard Asylum. hope you liked the fun fact

[@samppw]

also btw you rendered your outro in Wingdings hahaha

[@altosaxophonie]

ben là tu veux qu'ils reviennent ou pas lmao

[@davidjackson7281]

Sort of a depressing/crazy fact in fact.

[@samppw]

@@altosaxophonie lmao mais autre que ce quartier la et genre 2 autres c'est pas si pire.. at least they didn't stick to old quebec and visited other places, liked that

[@MilesinTransit]

I did like the fun fact, wow!

[@Canadiantrainfan]

I love that you liked quebec city! Im a montrealer but I go to Quebec series pretty often! Transit is actually really good for a city with almost 1 million people. There are metrobus lines which are bus that are articulated and they run every 15 minutes during non-peak point and every 5 minutes during peak. There is also a plan for a tramway in quebec! I hope you enjoyed and will make a video on Montreal soon! By the way, I was wondering if you would come back to Montreal for the 2 REM extensions that are being opened in fall 2024, if so, it would make me feel honored to meet you!

[@MilesinTransit]

I plan to come back for the extensions!

[@bahnspotterEU]

It should definitely have trams or light rail. A city of its size should not rely on buses.

[@DoubleHCreations]

Aleena and Miles make such an adorable couple

[@alexanderhitch5786]

Miles must do a collab with professional trail or skyscraper runners, who always take the stairs route, so miles also sees the other option how to go up, haha! And we need a "Is it worth it" jingle, everytime miles asks that question

[@sambarton5963]

When in Canada, is your name Kilometres?

[@TheTransitChannel]

Happy New Year, Miles! You luckily spotted a LINT, in North America! The LINT are usually common in Europe! Deutsche Bahn and ODEG mostly operates those trains. Have you heard about the Stadler Flirt trains in Ottawa and Dallas, TX? Those trains are starting to get popular in US. Our trains suck 🤣

[@MilesinTransit]

I think Flirts are great, at least from my experience riding Texrail!

[@justjibsy]

I want to go to Quebec city in the winter for the ice skating trails. Ice skating as a quasi form of transportation. What can be better?!

[@element9219]

If you wanna see ferries used well you should come back to Seattle and try out the Kitsap Fast Ferries or King County Water Taxis! They're pedestrian only unlike the car ferries that have been notoriously unreliable lately

[@Stjaernljus]

as a kid of the 90s i am not ashamed to say that i can read the end credits.

[@MilesinTransit]

Wait, people can actually read Wingdings?? I did not know that...

[@Stjaernljus]

@@MilesinTransit in computer class while the others learned how to use Microsoft Word 97 i decided memorize Wingdings.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

As a former Undertale fan, I cannot read it.

[@cuttlefiish]

great video! your excitement about the ferry reminded me of my visit to vancouver where i was blown away by the ferry!! it just feels so fancy!! this makes me want to explore quebec too

[@adambeeable]

Glad you enjoyed your trip to Quebec City. I was there nine years ago and got to stay the Fairmont Frontenac, which was really centrally located and convenient. Didn't get to see the waterfalls though. Would go back again for the Christmas Market, perhaps as soon as December of this year, who knows.

[@drdewott9154]

Oh hey cool that you saw the Hydrogen train. Just a big old Lint imported from Europe, we have way WAY too many of these in Denmark. Just without hydrogen but diesel instead. That line the hydrogen one is used on is peculiar. It could be a decent regional line if it was used for more than just tourist trains. They also have very peculiar rolling stock, they have a few old 2-car DMU's imported from Germany, which ironically enough were replaced in Germany by train types like the Hydrogen Lint (or its diesel equivalent)

[@TheRandCrews]

Ottawa’s O-Train also uses the diesel version as well

[@The-rp6do]

Babe wake up, Miles in Transit posted how first video of 2024

[@capchemist]

Love the Webdings!

[@meepthegreat]

13:21 the Train de Charlevoix is planning to buy hydrogen trains from Alstom, I saw one in testing while I was there (summer 2023) but currently they have two old German DMUs running the line. Maybe they have begun running them in full service now.

[@meepthegreat]

oh so I guess they are running them now good to know

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

They didn't buy them, they have a temporary lease from Alstom

[@XNick291X]

"She hates Nova Buses" it's alright Aleena I hate MCI coach buses! 😂

[@MikeWrenches]

Ha! On the 800 bus when you went to the shady cafe, if you stuck your hand out the window you were almost close enough for a high five.

[@jfmezei]

BTW, Lévis is pronounced Lay Vee. the ferry terminal at Lévis is news and used to be in the train station with the overhead pedestrian bridge starting from the train station. In 1984, I raveled on a train that stopped at Lévis. Tracks gone and replaced by very nice bike path (hence the large numebr of cyclists who use the ferry). Before the rebuilt of the ferry terminal, the bike path arrived at station directly where tracks were and alongside the platform that was still there. As if you arrived by train but were on a bike instead. With the rebuild of the area, the bike path was moved a bit.

[@avibarr2751]

8:22 In NYC I will literally decide whether I walk or take the bus to the west side based on whether I see an XD60 or an LFS

[@timothyschollux]

"Canada is the best country ever" - Well that's what I am thinking whenever I see a bottle of genuine maple syrup

[@PotatoToon]

As someone from Quebec, the hydroelectricity part is too real. We feel very lucky that we have an almost infinite amount of electricity and it's all super clean. I think that energy independancy should be the norm all around the world. It should be accessible and the governement should have control of it (like we do) so that private companies don't abuse it.

[@SimisFul]

It was so nice seeing you guys walk right in front of my stepfathers garage and then right in front of my dentist, didn't expect that hahaha

[@Gorizzah]

15:22. It's also where they put the snow

[@Mentally_Will]

Hey, *I* was almost in Quebec City this past August! Wanted to drive up from Montreal but didn't have the time. Glad you were alright, a guy we met in Montreal told us he got his ass kicked there for speaking English once -- but he was a drug dealer so that might have affected his mileage haha

[@jana.200]

Always depend the way you abord people, if you are nice, we will be nice (most of the time, yes there's a-hole, like everywhere, but in most case we will be nice) But if you are disrespectfull and expect a service fully in english and are rude with people when they first serve in french or just don't know english, yeah we might be rude. (shout out to the girl at my job that just yelled at my face ENGLISH, while I was serving her in french, because didn't know she spoke english, I just yelled her back FRENCH, like you don't respect me, why the f should I respect you)

[@meepthegreat]

7:58 I went to the Gare du Palais bus station, no lines super easy. Guy even spoke English, which was good because my french is fine but not great.

[@bermuda333]

It wouldn't be a Miles video without him mentioning Snyder's pretzels in the first 2 minutes

[@IvyANguyen]

Beautiful city. I was there for 3 days in June. I had zero problems not knowing French and I was there during their big holiday of the year on 24 June. I was going to take the ferry but the sky was bad (wildfire smoke) and the ferry ran only once per hour - a round-trip would've taken 2+ hours. I recommend visiting both Montréal and Québec City again. Both cities are the most European in North America.

[@Rubberneck1965]

16:02 I was not aware this channel also featured magnificent artwork. I like.

[@elevemoyen886]

Hey! Québec city resident here. Nice seeing you enjoy the surrounding area! As for the hydrogen train, while it is supposed to serve as a demo of sorts, the current CAQ government mainly wants it to serve not a transit purpose but rather a touristic purpose. The train goes to Baie-Saint-Paul, but doing so, passes in front of the Massif the Charlevoix ski resort and its new club med accommodations. Charlevoix has always been a tourist-heavy region and in that regard I believe it made more sense for the govt to make it this way as it is more cost-effective and adds another potential attraction in the region, but the sheer cost related to its use makes it basically unusable if you want a simple commute to the mountain or to Baie-Saint-Paul, which is a shame. Hopefully they will go beyond the very north American preconception that trains cannot be practical and thus can only serve as a leisurely experience!

[@CodyOnTheGo]

This video is something new and I’m 100% here for it

[@MilesinTransit]

Yeah, this one's a bit of a change. Thanks so much!

[@hardcorehobbit]

What an enjoyable travel adventure. Makes me wanna go somewhere. If you'd like to check out some more of the Fairmont and it's history, have a look for Bright Sun Travel's video on it! :D

[@MilesinTransit]

I love Bright Sun Travel! It was a great video.

[@bmolitor615]

your feeling about the dedicated pedestrian bridge is opposite-land to the west coast ferries - if yer going to a small-enough island that the terminal has no pedestrian access and you walk on to the car-deck, then yer "LOCAL" aka cool...

[@dutchvanderlinde154]

Great video. Looks like you had fun.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@sethward4922]

Looks like you guys had fun

[@alexandergeragotelis8703]

I was in Quebec City a few months ago and it's too bad you weren't able to go onto the walls, I went up by the Porte Saint Jean and you get a great view of Vieux Quebec and the surrounding area. Also I wish I knew about the zip line that looks amazing

[@josephfisher426]

I really enjoyed Quebec, but aside from a taxi to the hotel that was 1) uphill and 2) obscurely located on maps, my trips were only by foot once I got off the train. The waterfall sounded interesting, but not interesting enough to get another taxi or spend time on a bus...

[@TheRandCrews]

Quebec City Tramway when!!! Hopefully with CDPQ being advised on the project next and being more untuned with investments it could see a connection to Gare Palais and Jean Charest airport as well as other destinations

[@jeanjolet9292]

To achieve complete frenchness, a french-style tramway is coming soon to Québec city to substitute some parts of the Métrobus lines. At least it WAS until the QC govt paused the project due to funding issues and car-centric suburb opposition despite some construction having started...😢

[@Herowebcomics]

The zipline was epic! Right in front of a waterfall!😳

[@chinadidwhat]

The Windings font KILLED ME!!!

[@hbowman108]

One of the best small cities in North America.

[@benjaminwagner8141]

Funny to see this video with that hotel when I saw another video of someone trying that hotel. Apparently it's super fancy

[@trainandmore]

6:35 my mind immediately went to the commuter rail, when did the Fairmount line get a hotel?

[@Taalul]

You know what would’ve been nice in the splash zone? Some snacks.

[@MassbyTrain]

If you’ve ever heard of Katie Copley the dog at the fairmont in Boston the one in Quebec also has a dog I think

[@penelopeboivin3191]

hey i live there. you were very lucky because you kinda got to stay within the old city and the old suburbs which are all gorgeous and well served by the métrobus network, although if you had to go anywhere beyond that you'd probably feel different about here 😭 it probably felt like that on the airport trip. what I do love about my city tho are the actual big walkable neighborhoods surrounding downtown that look straight out of Montreal! they're surprisingly large, fantastically served by multiple 10 minute métrobus lines and full of life an activities. i actually manage to live car free here! and the city is also implementing bikeshare which is awesome. although again, the moment you leave those places Québec doesn't really get that much better than other car centric north American mid-size cities with stroads, highways, parkings, etc. at least they're still very nicely served by the métrobus lines so it's easy to go there but DO NOT go there. also rip to our tramway project 💔

[@MilesinTransit]

Yeah, on our way to the airport it was ROUGH - the suburbs we passed through were, I would say, nicer than US ones overall, but the bus service was super infrequent and unreliable.

[@penelopeboivin3191]

at least now we have some kind of transit to the airport because literally just 5 years ago there was nothing at all😭@@MilesinTransit

[@joemckim1183]

The zipline thing isn't something I would do every time I went to a place like that but its definitely something you have to do at least once just to say you did it and can mark it off your Bucket List. Would you rather have a few extra dollars in your bank account and live a safe boring life, or be able to say you did some really fun things?

[@joemckim1183]

To add to that I went skydiving when I was younger and now I can say I've already done that, I don't need to do that ever again. It was a fun day but once you have it checked off you don't feel the need to do it again.

[@joermnyc]

I was very tempted to do that SkyJump thing in Vegas, but the day I finally got the courage it was down because of high winds… took that as a sign. I also really wanted to do the bridge climb in Sydney, but the price was insane and my wife hates heights… we did find the museum and observation deck inside one of the stone towers though, that was cool (but a lot of stairs).

[@London755]

You have to google the Ecolobus, the teeny-tiny electric bus that ran around the streets of old Quebec for several years. It was adorable.

[@MilesinTransit]

We saw one on our way to the airport! It was so cute!

[@London755]

​@@MilesinTransit the old ones were made by Tecnobus Gulliver. I've never seen a cuter transit vehicle.

[@markkajc]

Is it time for a Comic Sans sequel? Windings the song 😂

[@fenderbender4294]

quebec city seems so cool! just wondering, have you been to the boston transit map exhibit at the boston public library? i went today and it was amazing! awesome video again

[@MilesinTransit]

I still haven't been! I gotta go, it looks amazing.

[@delibakerytravel]

On Top Of My Favorite Cities In The World. I Wish You The Best In 2024 From San Diego.🌴

[@MK-fc2hn]

I visited there a few years back.. It's such a beautiful city.. my favourite one in California!

[@zakk4223]

"perfect for your travel vlog" never recovering from that

[@history_leisure]

Out of EPCOT and straight to Doctor Phillips (yes, that's a real area name in Orlando)

[@fauzirahman3285]

Was Miles arrested for touching the glass in the funicular lift and jaywalking? The people need to know.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

I am so thankful people in Prague spoke English, I couldn't speak a word of Czech. I only knew like 2% more German and very few people in Berlin spoke English, so that was a bit more difficult.

[@bahnspotterEU]

Where did you go in Berlin? People speak English to a reasonable degree all over Germany, but in Berlin you find some people working who speak more English than German. It‘s very bizarre that you had a tough time.

[@MrGpButler]

Alfred Hitchcock set a movie at the Chateau Frontenac, if I'm not mistaken.

[@luiskmpos]

Were the credits in french? I couldnt read em

[@gabri_maybe]

A French that was slightly more imcomprehensible than before

[@jacktattersall9457]

Quebec loves NovaBuses though, as they are made in the province. Basically every transit agency in the province uses them almost exclusively.

[@colinburdett9950]

lol i've been there 4 times on cruises and it's special each time. chic shack is god tier food

[@dommsevanschnitzel2732]

I mean it's cheaper than flying to Europe but wow that Charlevoix railway is one expensive way to ride a modern european regional train (or an relatively old german regional train) even if it's on a scenic route 😂 Anyway, nice video

[@porchman]

laissez le bon temps rouler!

[@warmike]

Finally a Miles video that isn't released at like 4AM UTC. Do you still have plans to release the hanging out in new york song as a single? Cuz if you don't then imma do it myself

[@MilesinTransit]

They're always released at 5 PM EST! All the music is on Patreon, but we've talked about doing an album at some point.

[@DEFarnes]

Does the model of the ferry on the ferry have a model of the model on the model?

[@MilesinTransit]

Ooh, we should've checked.

[@chickenpommes19]

Miles (and Aleena) in technically Transit

[@randomtransitadventures]

miles, video idea: ride delta from philly to tampa, and then ride all the transit (not including amtrak)

[@randomtransitadventures]

miles let me know so i can say hi!

[@tsivard1]

I had forgotten what a Winding Miles was until I saw the final credits.