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Miles Taylor
Taylor at the BART Dublin/Pleasanton station in 2021
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Years active2013–present

Miles Taylor (born circa 2000)[1][2] is an American YouTuber and transit planner who presents the Miles In Transit YouTube channel. Taylor's channel centers around comedic coverage of public transit, often featuring obscure, infrequent, or especially underutilized services.

Taylor grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts in Greater Boston, and began writing a blog at the age of 13, detailing his experiences on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) buses and trains. He studied urban planning at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and expanded his blog's content into long-form videos during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]


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Biography

Miles Taylor grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. At the age of 13, he started a blog, titled "Miles on the MBTA," detailing his trips around the MBTA system.[10] In November 2013, Taylor accompanied British transit enthusiast Adham Fisher on a record-breaking trip to visit every station on the MBTA subway and light rail network, in a Boston version of the Subway Challenge. Fisher and Taylor completed the trip in 8 hours and 5 minutes, despite multiple delays.[1] By the time he graduated high school, Taylor had reviewed every MBTA rail station and bus route currently in operation.[11]

Taylor enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 2018, and shifted his blog's focus to SEPTA services with a new "Miles on SEPTA" section.[10] He studied urban planning at Penn, and returned to Boston during summers to intern at the MBTA.[9] As of 2024, Taylor works for the MBTA as a transit service planner.[3]

YouTube channel

Taylor runs the Miles In Transit YouTube channel, which documents his experience with public transit services in the United States and beyond. His videos in the United States often feature obscure, infrequent, and underutilized services and stations,

Content

Collaborators

Advocacy

Many of Taylor's videos depict his experience on intercity bus services, including Greyhound and Megabus.[3] In a 2022 interview, Taylor argued that nationalized intercity bus service would improve the passenger experience: "You have to remember that Greyhound is a private company that just happens to have a monopoly over bus travel in the U.S., and because of that, they can treat people however they want. Nationalizing Greyhound will allow more money to be put into it to improve the service quality a little bit, like invest in new stations."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Powers, Martine (November 26, 2013). "British rider completes journey of subway in just over 8 hours". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  2. ^ a b Larson, Shannon (July 20, 2022). "3,792 miles, 4½ days, and 16 states: Boston transit enthusiast chronicles journey across the US by bus". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  3. ^ a b c d Wong, Derek (August 9, 2024). "Miles In Transit Wants To Push Transit to the Limit". 34th Street Magazine. The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  4. ^ Lepiarz, Jack; Amer, Yasmin (January 11, 2018). "This Teen Has Reviewed Hundreds Of MBTA Stations And Lines". WBUR. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  5. ^ a b Bikales, James (July 19, 2022). "What's it like to cross the U.S. on Greyhound? Two students found out". The Washington Post. ISSN 2641-9599. Archived from the original on 2022-07-19.
  6. ^ White, Marcus (July 21, 2021). "Meet the 21-year-old who rode all of BART in 6 hours, loving every second". KCBS Radio. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  7. ^ Wilson, Colleen (October 23, 2022). "Two college buds spent 19 hours riding 10 NJ Transit buses across NJ. Here's how it went". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  8. ^ Moscovitch, Philip (April 26, 2024). "Riding 'the world's most adorable ferry'". Halifax Examiner. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  9. ^ a b Robertson, Michelle (July 20, 2021). "Transit guru who's tried 50 systems rates BART". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  10. ^ a b Laughlin, Jason (July 5, 2019). "He wants to learn about the 'real' Philly — by riding every single bus, train, and trolley run by SEPTA". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  11. ^ Michaelson, Rob (March 30, 2018). "Teen Uncovers the Hidden Secrets of the MBTA". NECN. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
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