Slowest Bus * USA - M96 Gets Pokey Award for
And the award for the slowest bus in New York goes to … the M96
New York,NY,USA -The New York Times, by William Neuman -13 Nov 2008: -- The crosstown route on 96th Street, which goes from First Avenue to West End Avenue, was clocked at 3.7 miles an hour, measured in the early afternoon on a weekday, according to two transit advocacy groups, the Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives. That qualified the route for the groups’ annual Pokey Award for the slowest bus route in the city... The groups pointed out in a news release that the M96 moved only slightly faster than the speed that an average person walks: 3 m.p.h. And it was slower, the groups said, than a running chicken, which they claimed can reach velocities in the range of 9 m.p.h... The Pokey Award is represented by an imaginary statuette in the form of a golden snail... The groups also gave an award they call the Schleppie, for the least reliable bus route, measured by the percentage of buses that arrive in bunches or with large gaps in service. The winners were the M101, M102 and M103, a series of routes that overlap on Third and Lexington Avenues (the M101 extends along Amsterdam Avenue, the M102 along Lenox Avenue and the M103 on the Bowery)... (Photo: G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times - The M96 bus, which travels crosstown along 96th Street, was rated the city’s slowest bus route, clocking in at 3.7 miles per hour) Labels: slowest and unreliable buses
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