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Yes! It's that time of year againwhen the Straphangers Campaign announces the winners of the Pokeys, for the city's slowest buses. And that Manhattan warhorse, the M34, is the winner again, clocking in at a pitiful 3.4 MPH in its crosstown journey on 34th Street. Here are the winners in each borough:
Brooklyn: B63, at 5.2 mph - between Bay Ridge and Cobble Hill, Brooklyn11.9 MPH in Staten Island? That is SPEEDING for a Manhattan bus. The Straphangers have various suggestions on how to improve bus efficiency, such as wider bus lanes, longer stops, and our favorite, "bus lanes with physical means to discourage other vehicles from violating bus lanes." Newsday points out that since most people walk at 3 MPH, you could conceivably outwalk the M34. Well, definitely during Christmas when it's all out crazy.
Bronx: Bx19, at 4.9 mph - between Fordham in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan
Manhattan: M34, at 3.4 mph - cross-town on 34th Street in Manhattan
Queens: Q58, at 6.9 mph - between Ridgewood and Flushing, Queens
Staten Island: S61, at 11.9 mph - between the Staten Island Mall and Ferry Terminal
Do you take the bus? Is your bus slow or fast? The bus Gothamist tries to avoid, but it goes both up the West side and across midtown, is the M57. It stops like every half block! You can see the buses included in the Straphangers' study here and you can find your bus route here.
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The S61 on Staten Island is slow because the majority of it's run is along extremely steep hills. I don't know if you guys at Gothamist have realized this yet but Staten Island has the highest point above sea level on the east coast.
Isn't it the top of fresh kills, and thereby man-made?
Anyway, the B61 trumps the subway in close-in brooklyn, pretty quick and reliable and not so crowded- compared to the G or L.
Again with the dog-bites-man stories. Buses in the City are slow? Egads! How about the papers sending reporters to, say, 34th St., and doing a story on all double-parked cars that force the buses out of the bus lane. Maybe that would make the PD step up traffic enforcement to speed up the buses.
Letting LIRR trains go to Grand Central would help alleviate some traffic on 34th St. and some passengers from the M34. It's just, oh, a few billion dollars. Better to let people walk.
What this city needs is a monorail!
Why not call Peter Kalikow at home to complain. If you think that the bus is too slow, bring the issue up with those who have the power to change it.
(If you need his number, use anywho.com or a similar service.)
Staten island does not have the highest point on the east coast. That point belongs to Cadillac Mt in Maine.
Staten island does not have the highest point on the east coast. That point belongs to Cadillac Mt in Maine.
The east-to-west version of the crosstown M96 takes forever to arrive. I sometimes take the 6 train to 96th, then take the bus crosstown, but then have to stand there for an eternity, watching countless "Not in Service" buses pass me by. It's frustrating, though for some reason, the west-to-east bus is fine.