t’s not quite awards season yet, but transit advocates are handing out trophies for the slowest bus lines in the city. NY1 Transit reporter Bobby Cuza filed the following report on the Pokey Awards.Riders on the M23 Crosstown bus will tell you: there is nothing speedy about the trip. In fact, you might be better off on foot."I walk faster than this bus. I mean, it's really slow," said one commuter."In fact, I was about to start walking right now ‘til you stopped me, man. Bus takes too long. The 23's one of the slowest buses,” added another.In fact, the M23 is the slowest bus, according to the Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives, the transit advocacy groups behind the annual Pokey Awards.The M23 clocked in at an average speed of four miles an hour on weekday afternoons, pokiest in the city."Clearly the city has a problem with crosstown service, which anybody who rides the line would tell you,” said Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign.Outside of Manhattan, the slowest routes by borough were:# In Brooklyn, the B63, which connects Bay Ridge and Cobble Hill;# In the Bronx, a repeat winner: the Bx19 which runs from Fordham to Upper Manhattan;# In Queens, another repeat winner: the Q56 between Jamaica and East New York;# On Staten Island, the S61 which connects the St. George Ferry Terminal and the Staten Island Mall.Meanwhile, the M1, between Harlem and the East Village took home a new award this year: The Schleppie, for the city's least reliable bus, based on the number of buses running off-schedule.Unlike previous Pokey Awards, this year transit advocates say there is a big reason for hope: the mayor's congestion pricing proposal."Congestion pricing will speed buses by thinning traffic, and getting buses out of this traffic jam, this traffic mess that really stymies them,” said Paul Steely White of Transportation Alternatives.As NYC Transit pointed out in a statement, it is also trying other ideas to speed up buses in partnership with the city, like technology that turns traffic lights green as buses approach. A program called Bus Rapid Transit is also now being planned along five city bus routes, which will include dedicated lanes and allow riders to pay before they board, speeding up the boarding process.Transit officials say with these changes, "the era of slow bus service could eventually be left behind."