The 2010 Pokey Awards were handed out today at a lavish black-tie ceremony outside the main branch of the New York Public Library on 42nd Street. The awards, presented by the NYC Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives, honor the biggest underachievers in bus service. Last year the crosstown M42 bus line crawled away with the "uncoveted" Pokey for slowest bust service, and this year the M42 won again (even though the route changed to terminate at 42nd Street). The M42 had the slowest bus speed overall, clocking in at 3.6 miles per hour at 12 noon on a weekday. That's as slow as walking!
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M42 Wins Pokey Award for Slowest Bus (Again!)
"Pokey" Award for Slowest Bus Presented, Plus Prizes for Other Lines
This morning the NYC Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives held their big awards show for the worst exemplars of poor bus service. The "top" prize is called the Pokey award; it's a golden snail on a pedestal, and it went to the poor sad crosstown M42, which had the slowest bus speed at 3.7 miles per hour, as clocked at 12 noon on a weekday. According to the award presenters, the M42 would lose a race with a five-year-old riding a motorized tricycle with a speed of 5 mph (as advertised by X-Treme Scooters). But the M42 wasn't the only bus to crawl away with a prize!
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