Table One:
THE POKEY AWARD*
SLOWEST TO FASTEST
Average Noontime Speeds, Both Directions,
of 23 Selected New York City Transit Local Bus Routes,
May – October 2007

Route
	Average MPH, beginning at 12:00 noon
M23	4.0
M34	4.3
M96	4.5
M42	4.8
M14A	4.8
M66	4.8
B63	4.9
Bx19	5.0
M50	5.2
B35	5.3
M14D	5.3
Bx35	5.4
M27	5.4
M86	5.5
M72	5.6
B52	5.8
Q56	6.1
Bx13	6.6
Q58	7.1
Q24	8.3
S61	11.7
S60	12.6
S42	12.7
*We chose to observed the ten slowest routes systemwide plus the three slowest routes per borough, as originally reported by MTA New York City Transit in 2004.

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