The Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group for subway and bus riders, gave the sixth annual Pokey Award to New York City bus M23, a cross-town bus, which runs along 23rd Street between Peter Cooper Village and Chelsea Piers, for its average speed of 4 miles per hour at noon during a weekday. A woman who has been riding this bus for some 10 years said: "In the middle of the day you have to wait 10 minutes. It's faster to walk at times." But you know something—at least they have a cross-town bus. The MTA took away our M8 years ago and gave us zilch in return. So our wait time is around twenty years... (eFluxMedia)