The M23 Bus Earns the 2007 Pokey Award

The slowest bus in New York City is… Manhattan’s M23, crosstown at 23rd Street.

Remind me again why New York City hasn’t eliminated private automobiles on its major crosstown streets and established dedicated rights-of-way for buses, special loading  zones and times for delivery trucks?

CityRoom has the details:

“Nearly one in three of its buses have big gaps in service or are
off schedule, the worst record for the 42 key local routes for which
M.T.A. New York City Transit calculates reliability measures,” the
Straphangers and Transportation Alternatives announced in a news
release.

In addition to ranking the M23 the slowest bus route in the city,
the annual survey identified these routes as the slowest by borough:
the B63 in Brooklyn (4.9 m.p.h.), the Bx19 in the Bronx (5.0 m.p.h.),
the Q56 in Queens (6.1 m.p.h.) and the S61 on Staten Island (11.7
m.p.h.)

“Our awards highlight what bus riders know from bitter daily
experience: New York City has the pokiest and schleppiest buses in the
nation,” said Gene Russianoff, the staff lawyer for the Straphangers
Campaign.

ALSO ON STREETSBLOG

Manhattan Buses Dominate Pokey and Schleppie Awards

By Brad Aaron |
Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign (l) and TA’s Paul Steely White unveil this year’s honorees Two Manhattan bus routes took home awards for slowest and least reliable service in the 2008 Pokey and Schleppie Awards, issued today by the Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives. The Pokey went to the M96 crosstown, which clocked an […]

This Awards Season, Manhattan Buses Rank as the City’s Worst

By Stephen Miller |
Since 2006, Streetsblog has provided red carpet coverage of the annual Pokey and Schleppie awards, given out by the Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives to the city buses with the slowest average speed and the least reliable service, respectively. This year, Manhattan buses took the crown in both categories. Although the awards spotlight the routes most notorious for crawling through traffic, stopping […]

Manhattan Bus Routes Sweep the 2013 Pokey and Schleppie Awards

By Brad Aaron |
The Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives today handed out their annual awards for the slowest and least reliable NYC buses, with Manhattan routes taking the honors. The M42 and the M50 tied for the 2013 Pokey award. Each crosstown bus was clocked at 3.4 miles per hour at noon on a weekday. That’s slower than […]

At Sloth-Like 3.5 MPH, M50 Bus Wins This Year’s Pokey Award

By Noah Kazis |
Want to understand why more Manhattanites don’t ride the bus? Look no further than this year’s Pokey awards, given out annually by the Straphangers Campaign. Manhattan buses, as usual, top the list of the year’s slowest service. The Pokey this year goes to the M50 crosstown bus, which averaged a mere 3.5 miles per hour […]
STREETFILMS

The Slowest Bus in New York City

By Robin Urban Smith |
New York City has some of the slowest bus service in the country. The 9th annual Pokey and Shleppie Awards, given by NYPIRG’s Straphanger Campaign and Transportation Alternatives, shine a spotlight on this unfortunate fact by recognizing the slowest and most unreliable buses in the Big Apple. Tune in above to see which routes earn […]