What's the Cheapest Way to Upstate New York?

[@j7gy8b]

Thank you for doing this so I can just watch at 30x the speed from the comfort of my couch

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"I'm not quite sure how did that" Having confidence is key! It is power! I know you said you weren't athletic at that time, but I'd say you are considering you made it with time to spare! You sprinting across 125th Street makes you even more of an honorary New Yorker! Be proud of yourself for believing! Of course it's not the cheapest way, but you managed to make it to Bard which is the point, and you did a cheap way for the trip back! That aside, I had a feeling traffic was gonna ruin it once I saw you were heading to the GWB...there's a reason I've never taken a bus over that bridge! The R32s were something! Kinda miss being able to stand all the way up front as if I was the one driving the train. Fun facts: The Apollo Theater opened in 1913 as Hurtig & Seamon's Music Hall! It was designed by George Keister who also worked on the First Baptist Church on the Upper West Side, as well as the Selwyn Theatre (now the American Airlines Theatre). And Poughkeepsie is derived from a word in Wappinger language, U-puku-ipi-sing which means "the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place", referring to the stream that runs through downtown!

[@travelingfool9096]

How did you spend the weekend: Me: Down the shore on Saturday, Watched the Phills game on Sunday and Chilled Miles: Spent the least amount and highness stress level for the cheapest way to Upstate NY and back.

[@anthony3246]

There's a cheaper way to get to Poughkeepsie. If you take the beeline bus to the Jefferson valley mall you can connect to Putnam transit to Patterson (via transfer), get on a train to pawling and then take dutchess transit to Poughkeepsie. I've done it once.

[@MilesinTransit]

Yeah, good point! The timing of this trip meant I couldn't take the absolute cheapest route.

[@anthony3246]

@@MilesinTransit ah, hope you'll be able to experience it one day!!

[@alexandrac591]

how long did it take?

[@cooloosername]

Great video Miles! Can't believe I'm just seeing this now, as I've been a fan of the channel and a student in Poughkeepsie for a while. I actually went from NY to Poughkeepsie for only $10.90 by using some weird Putnam County Trolley that only runs on weekends between Memorial Day to Veterans Day (why) 1) Shuttle to Grand Central, then 4 train to Woodlawn ($2.90) 2) Bee-Line 20 bus from Woodlawn to White Plains Trans Center (free transfer); 8:10-9:05AM 3) Bee-Line 14 bus from WPTC to Peekskill Washington St ($2.75); 9:24-11:04AM 4) Hudson Line from Peekskill to Cold Spring ($3.25); (the darien gap for inter-county bus transit in the hudson valley) 11:11-11:27AM 5) Cold Spring Trolley from Cold Spring to Beacon Station ($2); 12:14-12:45PM 6) Dutchess County Transit B (free for me :D); (but $1.75 otherwise) 1:05-1:57PM is 4 hours of my life worth it to save $9.10? *absolutely*

[@MilesinTransit]

Hahaha, Darien Gap is a very good way to describe that! Sounds like a great trip!!

[@ashenAshley]

11:30 is so relatable. one time I was taking one of the last trains out of penn station to get back to where I parked in seacaucus and it was about to leave. tried both my cards at the ticket machine? failed. had to put in a 20 and reviled at the horror of 17 dollar coins. they're still floating around in my car like 10 months later. same day the same thing happened to me with quarters. I can confidently park anywhere in the US now though so maybe it was a blessing

[@kathrynstemler6331]

Ah bless. Rest of the world: ‘Coins for small denominations of currency makes sense’ USA: abject horror. Like the metric system. And health care ❤️

[@DovidM-s4c]

The closest I had to this trip was going from West Orange NJ to Poughkeepsie. I took the njt 71 bus to Newark, then the path to WTC and the 4 to GCT, and MNR to Poughkeepsie

[@snowless456]

Finding this video now is really weird for me because I’m going to college in Philly and one of my best friends is going to Bard so miles is actually making a trip that I would actually consider and it’s freaking me out

[@MilesinTransit]

That honestly is pretty wild. This video was made for you, five years later!

[@calderjohnston-duffy8091]

take the 57 bus to the flixbus at 6th and market to midtown, take the subway to marble hill, then get the metro north to poug, and Dutchess C is free for me with my bard ID :) something like $25

[@newyorkerinvegas]

Having grown up in the Bronx, I HATE HATE HATE the Bee Line. It makes one reflect on their life... Not in a good way lol

[@DovidM-s4c]

This is why i believe Metro north should run hudson line and New haven line service to penn station

[@lorumipsum1129]

When im about too travel or am coming back from it. I like too watch these vids too pre stress

[@stevenroshni1228]

The dollar coin vending machine thing is federal law on any property they can control.

[@deaf2819]

lol the bus you took in Poughkeepsie i used to take daily during Covid from millbrook to Poughkeepsie and back. Let’s talk about how the Dutchess county transit completely ignores the entire town of Stanford and anything on 82 north of troop k headquarters.

[@UnrelatedArchives]

PABT's Greyhound terminal is sad.

[@MilesinTransit]

Agreed.

[@alexandrac591]

i kinda whisper-screamed when you said there was a book basket

[@Ianman258]

Videos like these are why they need to get you into the next season of jetlag... you can survive anything!!

[@MilesinTransit]

That would be incredible!

[@bensezer7966]

Why take the 2? Staying on the 4 to Grand Central then taking the S is way nicer in my opinion (also slightly faster). All three of the S lines are some of the coolest lines in the system.

[@Fart671]

I've done this before to see my friend lol took a flix bus from Baltimore to nyc and then metro north to Poughkeepsie it was a long ass journey 😭 cost me like 30 dollars i think

[@darrylwilliams6123]

You could have taken any SEPTA train from 30th to Market East for free. They don't ticket you until leaving Center City.

[@MilesinTransit]

They have fare gates at those stations now, though!

[@darrylwilliams6123]

@@MilesinTransit 🤦🏿‍♂️ I totally forget about that. F@#& SEPTA. Information for 2018 you, 😂

[@extra_toast]

10:03 Miles you can't just take random school buses and call it "the cheapest way" that's illegal

[@SeaBassTian]

OMG I remember that hill in Peekskill. I used to take that bur from WP to Peekskill and then take a Metro North back to Riverdale and it is really steep. Also: the 20 bus from WP to the Bronx is an absolute nightmare, stopping on every corner of the horrible stroad known as Central Ave. I don't miss it!

[@alexandrac591]

honest to god, if the NY subway stations make the MBTA stations look nice, we have PROBLEMS

[@brayand8022]

Outside Me: Shocked that he got an R32 A train Inside Me: Jealous that he did not get a R46 A train instead

[@trainrover]

must I have overheard, "... Please have it applicated." (11:45)?

[@MilesinTransit]

"Please have it activated" - referring to needing to "activate" your mobile ticket so the conductor can scan it.

[@trainrover]

😶 (I replayed it twice...seldom hear English announced out in public around here)

[@ahmedsidibe211]

Dag bro... I think you get a kick out of going way out the way cause I could have traveled forth and back btw philly and bard with hours less of travel time and probably way cheaper...why did you take the A to 125th??? Man Google did ya wrong...smh

[@ahmadfrw1]

Why did you BACK TRACK from GWB to 125th Street when going Upstate? You could've just took the (1) to 225th Street and caught MetroNorth there at Marble Hill

[@MilesinTransit]

Trains to Poughkeepsie don't stop at Marble Hill. The train I wanted absolutely would have overtaken whatever local I could've gotten from there.

[@ahmadfrw1]

@@MilesinTransit You board the MetroNorth train that stops at Marble Hill and transfer at Tarrytown to the Poughkeepsie train.

[@MilesinTransit]

Poughkeepsie trains don't make Tarrytown in the evening rush. I promise you, I thought it through and it would not have worked. Look at a schedule in the evening rush, it would have taken way longer.

[@ahmadfrw1]

@@MilesinTransit Then change at Croton

[@MilesinTransit]

Then I would miss the express. The local is that much slower.

[@lnorlnor]

could probably be cheaper if you walked more, technically

[@thelastNokiauser]

I wish I had a friend like you!

[@Borv413]

I know this is a bit late but, Being from Poughkeepsie and a decently avid commuter railfan, it feels kinda weird that someone would stop and record/upload a video featuring a station which is the start/end point for many of my journeys. I'm not complaining though. I personally consider anywhere north of the Hudson Highlands to be upstate (Beacon and Newburgh are a good reference). BTW, if you walk up Main Street and then turn right on Market Street you will end up at the transfer hub. Some fun facts: Poughkeepsie was the State Capital before it moved to Albany and after Kingston and where New York ratified the Constitution. Also, Morse code and cough drops were invented here. Along with that, Alex Goot and the Chairman of Disney are from here.

[@goodeatnumber1fan]

Upstate is north of Albany my friend

[@the.abhiram.r]

0:05 that's my school!

[@AA_8184_1]

I think you answered this question during the video, but you're a student at Drexel? (Or did you graduate already?)

[@MilesinTransit]

UPenn! I'm a junior.

[@AA_8184_1]

@@MilesinTransit Nice...I saw you had a UPenn hat on in another video. I just saw the Wilmington-DC video. I live in Wilmington so loved it! In Philly & DC all the time so love all the familiar spots but from a different perspective!

[@MilesinTransit]

Thanks a lot! I should be back in Philly in the fall, so hopefully more content from that area!

[@843Reboot]

@@MilesinTransit probably wont be able to reply to this but heres a good little recommendation. try taking every bus route in NYC or try taking a bus from every bus depot in NYC. every bus route would be unrealistic because certain routes only run on rush hour and only run on certain days.

[@eveostay]

If you can walk to the Greyhound terminal can't you just walk all the way o Upstate New York? That'd be cheaper for sure.

[@MilesinTransit]

Hahaha, yeah, I suppose so!

[@chrisk5651]

Far Rockaway?!?!?!

[@damiancooper3063]

Why did you go to Bard College?

[@eveostay]

Guadalajara won't do

[@lorumipsum1129]

Probably walking would be cheaper

[@MilesinTransit]

True

[@davidsummers6700]

So you are a fellow Dragon. I could feel it the whole time.

[@MilesinTransit]

Ahh, sorry, I'm actually a Quaker!

[@davidsummers6700]

@@MilesinTransit oh well. My bad.

[@davidsummers6700]

@@MilesinTransit Always liked Penn’s Football games especially the band performances. Also worked for Penn Student Health Service for a Drexel co-op.

[@MilesinTransit]

@@davidsummers6700 I was in the band on tuba!

[@shamusmcnulty]

I hate to be that guy but as someone from Upstate NY, you can't say Upstate NY till at least Albany, c'mon.

[@abilitytopage]

My gma got pregnant at Bard

[@MilesinTransit]

Whoa

[@trainrover]

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