And the 2006 Pokey Award Goes to…
Paul White of TransAlt and Gene Russianoff of Straphangers' Campaign deliver the Golden Snail.
5:41 PM EDT on October 24, 2006
Paul White of TransAlt and Gene Russianoff of Straphangers’ Campaign deliver the Golden Snail.
The 14th Street crosstown bus wins this year’s Pokey Award for being New York City’s slowest bus line. This morning Straphangers’ Campaign and Transportation Alternatives handed the Golden Snail to the M14A for making its 12 noon trek across town at an average speed of 3.9 miles per hour.
Manhattan’s M1 bus, running along Fifth and Madison Avenues from Harlem to the East Village, came away with the golden question mark for being the city’s “Most Unreliable” bus line. More than a quarter of M1 buses bunch up and arrive at bus stops far off schedule.
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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