Pokey and Schleppie Bus Awards

Ever sit on a bus in traffic and watch people walk down the street thinking you would get where you’re going quicker on foot? You might be right.

The M50 bus, with name given of Pokey by the NYPIRG Straphangers, at the cross section of 7th Avenue and 50th Street in Manhattan on Thrusday. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK—Ever sit on a bus in traffic and watch people walk down the street thinking you would get where you’re going quicker on foot? You might be right.

Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn cited a study in which a tricycle raced a bus across Manhattan and won. She spoke about the city’s slow buses at a transportation conference earlier this month.

“The transit authority runs the largest bus fleet in North America and it has the slowest bus speed,” said Sadik-Kahn.

The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives followed the buses they expected to be the slowest in all five boroughs. They awarded the routes with the slowest and least reliable buses the Pokey and Schleppie Awards respectively on Thursday.