What's the Cheapest Way to Long Island?

[@antonellamancini3516]

I always used to joke that buses on Long Island just go from shopping mall to shopping mall. You have illustrated that beautifully, thank you.

[@sefgray]

Im putting "if you're gonna go to Montauk for cheap, don't do it from Philly" on my gravestone. Thank you sir.

[@danwiddon3854]

Thank Geoff Marshall for your new subscriber. You guys are awesome and I just had to watch your Nassau and Suffolk economy ride vlog as I'm visiting Long Island every few months until Belmont Park Village opens this time next year. Thanks Miles and Sunny! Yes, I stayed to the end!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks so much!!

[@winstonsmith2902]

Welcome to Suffolk County where the buses pull away as they see another one coming up.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Kudos to you on nailing the Patchogue pronunciation! Patchogue was named after the Patchogue Indians, better known as the Unkechaug tribe (the Unkechaugs have a reservation called Poospatuck in Mastic). Patchogue is derived from Pochaug, meaning "where two streams separate". And you're even more of an honorary Long Islander by honoring the Big Duck at 16:36! The duck's eyes were made from Ford Model T taillights! The lore behind it is duck farming used to be a big thing out here, until they started moving out because of strict regulations in the 70s (we even have a baseball team called the Long Island Ducks). The Big Duck was built that way specifically to stand out and get attention so many people could buy duck eggs and ducks at the ranch, which of course, worked successfully. It was originally built on Main Street in Riverhead before it moved to its current location in 1937 so it could be by Martin Mauer's (who owned it) then new duck ranch. It closed in 1984, and the county acquired it in 1988. They then moved it closer to Hampton Bays. There was a movement to move it all the way to Islip-MacArthur, but they decided to move it back to the site of Mauer's ranch! The farm was purchased by Southampton in 2006. Southampton maintains the exterior, while the county maintains the interior and does staffing.

[@rockoutdave411]

The KZbin algorithm is weird. I just found your page and there’s something kind of cathartic to show a firsthand account of the (lack of adequate) affordable public transit in the US. I went to college in Long Island without a car and it was like a prison unless you wanted to risk it with a bike on a 6-lane (minimum) highway.

[@davidrivera9743]

Frogger, get it right.

[@TomEnleft]

Go back to Europe.

[@NotBen101]

Basically its lirr or take your car. Long island definitely needs to improve bus service and consider bus lanes.

[@alphadon5350]

Great Video. Had a great time seeing some of the local “landmarks” in the video lol.

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Rewatching this because I just took the 10C today with a certain Classy Whale! We didn't take it from East Hampton, we actually took it from Montauk station to the lighthouse. One of the VERY limited runs to the lighthouse on the schedule, might I add...only four times per day during the summer on top of the already limited 10C schedule! There's no crosswalk nor sidewalk at the station but you'd think there would be since Montauk station is touristy and the village itself is approximately 1.5 miles away. There was no bus stop sign for the 10C at the station either, we also nearly missed it by like 15 seconds, but the bus driver still stopped for us, and the fare machine was broken...so it was a free ride! We had it to ourselves too! However, the 10C will be no more! Under the Reimagine Transit plan (Suffolk's plan to change their bus network), they're adding an on-demand zone between East Hampton and Montauk.

[@tylerdrown]

The S92 should be broken up into two sections. It goes all the way from East Hampton to Greenport via Riverhead. For the second half of the summer 2019 I lived on a sailboat in Sag Harbor and worked odd jobs and as a handyman out there and took the S92 and 10C a bunch.

[@ncgallagher]

a nerve racking thrill ride from start to finish

[@anthony3246]

I come back to this video every now and then...I swear everytime I ride the s58 thru coram it's a different cut thru that parking lot

[@KaiCheetah]

Miles I bumped into your channel by chance and I love your content!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thank you!!

[@PinePowerLI]

Best way is the LIRR. You could have asked the S58 driver to call to hold that S92, which would have saved you that long wait for the 10C. The S58 is always late and gets a lot of ridership especially around Coram (which is even more depressing than Riverhead). They try to make time in the Pine Barrens east of there but it's futile with the traffic at Tanger. If you want to do it cheaper you can do LIRR to Smithtown and get the S58 there. There's also the S62 which you can get at Port Jeff. All in all that's a crazy trip 12 hours when the LIRR would have been 3 at most.

[@MilesinTransit]

But that wouldn't be as cheap ;)

[@ChasMusic]

Wondered why you picked a bus (N79) that ran so rarely that if you miss the 10:00 am (weekdays) or 10:10 (Saturday) there's nothing until the afternoon (N22/N24 to N79) rather than N6 to N72. But it does mean more trip segments in Suffolk County, so you'd have to figure in transfer rules, and that might mean a higher total fare. Rules are rules, even if it means you have to get up at 2 am. Oh, yeah, also just noticing this video is 3 years ago and I'm looking at the current schedules. That won't work. I see from Suffolk County's website they'll be re-jiggering the schedules in the fall for better connections. Does that mean you'll have to try this trip again? Ah, and last fare-saving tip: become a student.

[@rodeliot]

This was a good video. But as someone who grew up in Boston and went to college on long Island, there isn't enough money you've could have paid me to do this LOLOL

[@indisciipline]

10:49 New York BRT has finally been realized

[@BsBsBock]

You guys should do an Usa East to west just by local transport, would be the greatest thing ever😍

[@MilesinTransit]

That would involve some insanely long walks in the desert! North to south is pretty close to possible on either coast though!

[@IvyANguyen]

@@MilesinTransit Have the gaps between CT/RI and DE/MD been filled in with new service since I last checked something like this in 2009? Last time I looked into it one could go from Fredericksburg, VA to DC to Perryville, MD via VRE/ WMATA/MARC then a gap exists from Perryville, MD to Newark, DE. Next one can do Newark, DE to New London, CT via SEPTA/NJT/MTA/SLE. Gap from wherever the SEAT bus ends in eastern CT to western RI (Westerly?). RIPTA buses across RI to Providence, then MBTA commuter rail into Boston South Station. Get to North Station via T train(s) to get the Downeaster to Portland, Maine. The end.

[@transiturbandc]

@@IvyANguyen On a boring summer day a few months ago, I researched how to get as far northeast of Fredericksburg as possible on public transit (which I basically counted as no Greyhound/Megabus/etc. or Amtrak, and also no demand response service because it has to be scheduled in advance and wasn't necessary for the route I found). To answer your question: Cecil County, Maryland operates a bus from Perryville to Elkton (route 2) and a bus from Elkton to Newark (route 4). It's infrequent and slow, but it does exist, and it's not even rush hour only. However, getting to Rhode Island from New London, CT is more of a challenge. The best route I could find was to take a seasonal ferry from New London to Block Island, then take a different ferry (not even the same operator) to Point Judith, RI, where a RIPTA bus route is available. If it's the right time of year, it actually works though.

[@IvyANguyen]

@@transiturbandc That sounds right. Cool!

[@davidvarkey1]

@@IvyANguyen i know u can do perryville to newark on a bus now

[@cheesebuger13]

Updated comment: NICE fair is now 2.90. Same as the Subway and NYC buses.

[@lewnwdc]

It would be nice in your price rundown if you would compare your cheapest run cost versus what the most logical fastest route would be and how much you would have to pay for that. Then price it out per minute or per hour what the value is for the fastest route versus the cheapest route.

[@DBSGEEK7]

Well the fastest route would be to take the LIRR to Montauk!

[@govinda102000]

Miles does a great deal for tourism. Miles will be the transportation tsar for NY.

[@believer5497]

This is a real fan trip. You took the bus from Manhattan to the top of Long Island? Insane.

[@RicksTravelogue]

Floral Park .. "a great place to live." Got to call their High School State Soccer Championship this month.

[@josephkahn6830]

You didn’t even make it to the light house????

[@MelissaHash]

Y'all dudes are a complete hoot!

[@AC3FACE]

I think you're the first person to ever accuse Jericho Turnpike of being too devoid of congestion

[@troybellamy4615]

The Jamaica Terminal isn't bad, it just hasn't been trying since it opened in the 1930's ! Its the also the only terminal of its kind in NYC!

[@ser010267]

There should have one more bus between Sutphin Bl & 165th Street Term as it is not even close ( 1 mile at least down Jamaica Ave).There are 4 bus routes that connect the 2 (Q6,Q8 ,Q9 or The Q41).

[@danielsavitz5774]

4:09 I used to live in Floral Park. It was a great place to live 🙂

[@MilesinTransit]

I'm glad the advertising is correct!

[@pavld335]

These are great videos.

[@perfectallycromulent]

if you grew up on Long Island, technically, for you, was cheaper to get your parents to drive you than take a bus. and likely the only sane way to get where you wanted to go in less than three hours.

[@DTD110865]

Cheaper, but not guaranteed.

[@MamaFeng]

2:30 haha Rego Park! My home. It's like the universe knows

[@floydjohnson7888]

Holy (expletive)! When I was a starry-eyed undergraduate (early 1990s), I considered pursuing work in LI, on a combination of rail and bus, from Central Jersey. That would have been a mess.

[@brgtmcrdl]

the ultimate numtot

[@johnchambers8528]

Thanks for another interesting cheep local transit trip. That was one long trip from Philadelphia. As you noted the hardest part of the trip besides the time it took was trying to make the needed connections. For me the only way I would try to get there would be SEPTA and NJT commuter trains to New York City and then take the Long Island Railroad to my destination on Long Island.

[@tolfan4438]

There is or at least was a buss from China Town Philly to China Town NY super cheap

[@danprives6517]

At 16:37 you pass the Big Duck!! (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Duck) A local attraction and the namesake of a building that looks like an everyday object, which architects call a "duck," in its honor.

[@antonsmith9788]

Riverhead and East Hampton for the win! 👊😊👊

[@Harper210]

It's funny, I used to live like less than a mile down the road from that hicksville stop lmao edit: also i literally know exactly where 16:59 is as well lol it's in riverhead at the route 24 junction

[@brayand8022]

22:11 "M60" The real route: Q60 Me:?????

[@MilesinTransit]

OOPS!!!! Good catch!

[@jeremykrugman2318]

i have lived on LI my whole life (right near Walt Whitman Mall) and have never once been on one of those busses

[@LeahLeah222]

Why did I think bus transfers last for 2.5 hours lol 😂

[@colbymaxheidke7607]

How do you have so few subscribers!

[@cheesebuger13]

Honestly the LIRR will get you from Penn to.Montalk in 3 hours. Granted it is more expensive than this trip. NICE has the same fare, not sure about Suffolk buses.

[@alk61695]

I feel like the buses purposely don't wait for a connection so they can get another fare out of you.

[@ddrdanganvloger2187]

The cheapest way to Long Island: Q32 to Woodside-81st. There. You made it to Long Island. Also, the M60 is an +SBS route to LaGuardia Airport. You meant to say the Q60 instead at the end there.

[@muhilan8540]

Technically Brooklyn and Queens are on Long Island

[@ddrdanganvloger2187]

@@muhilan8540 yes. Yes they are.

[@muhilan8540]

@@ddrdanganvloger2187 I didn’t realize the Q32 bus just went to Queens, so you were acknowledging that too, I assumed you were saying an actual bus to Nassau county

[@ddrdanganvloger2187]

@@muhilan8540 yeah. Q32LCL goes from Midtown-Moynihan Station to Jackson Hights- 81st/Northern via Queens Expres.. err.. Blvd.

[@JacksonBetz]

This video just showed up on my KZbin homepage and 2019 Miles content is so WEIRD

[@MilesinTransit]

This one retroactively blew up for some reason, too!

[@John-q5p9m]

How many miles per hour did you go? Couldn't have been more than 5 or 6.

[@smileynish]

Hey did you guys go east along the south side of Long Island? Seems like a straight shot out to Montauk instead of having to change so many times to get there! Still its the cheapest i seen for sure.

[@MilesinTransit]

You could go straight along the south side, at least until Riverhead, but it would actually require more transfers than the way we went - the routes aren't as long down there.

[@fluffskunk]

One of these bus drivers is just gonna straight up abduct you guys someday the way they just change routes on a whim.

[@floydjohnson7888]

20:55 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@lovesplus3879]

Ik this video is three years old but, the train would of been much better. $31 dollars one way yes but…..goodness the Suffolk busses are non existent. I’m so sorry.

[@DTD110865]

Long Island; Where traffic reigns supreme, because everybody stopped the highways that should've been built. That pond you saw was Artists Lake in Middle Island.

[@trainluvr]

Ever watch my vids MIles? I'm glad I just found your channel.

[@MilesinTransit]

I haven't, but I'll be sure to check them out!

[@nanatc21383]

My teacher lives in green port long lsland

[@joesantamaria5874]

Who TF needs to get to Montana on the cheap? A sandwich is $40!

[@TheCharlesJLee1000]

You could have taken the LIRR to Montauk Point in Suffolk County in Long Island.

[@MilesinTransit]

WE COULD??????

[@TheCharlesJLee1000]

@@MilesinTransit Including, had you taken the J train to Jamaica and transferred to LIRR to Montauk Point in Suffolk County in Long Island, it would have been much quicker and inexpensive.

[@MilesinTransit]

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS

[@TheCharlesJLee1000]

Have you taken the J train to Jamaica/Sulphin Blvd Train Station and transferred to the LIRR Jamaica station, as I mentioned earlier in my previous KZbin statement, your trip to Montauk Point in Suffolk County in Long Island would have been the quickest an expensive trip.

[@ncgallagher]

you could have asked the driver to honk and flag down the east hampton bus to wait for you to transfer? no?

[@MilesinTransit]

Yeah, probably. We probably should've...

[@winstonsmith2902]

Some do it, others will not.

[@edholohan]

Hitchhiking is the cheapest.

[@damiancooper3063]

I did it in reverse pre Covid