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Table Two:
THE SCHLEPPIE AWARD*
WORST TO BEST
More Than One in Five Buses On Route Arrived with Major Gaps
(or Bunched Together) or Left Signicantly Off Schedule,
First Half 2007

Route
% Unreliable
From/To
M1
32.8%
Harlem to East Village on 5th/Madison/Park Avenues
M2
27.0%
Washington Heights to East Village on 5th and Madison Avenues/Powell Blvd.
M4
26.9%
The Cloisters/Fort Tryon to Penn Station on 5th and Madison Avenues
M3/18
26.6%
Fort George to East Village on 5th/ Madison/St. Nicholas Avenues
B15
26.4%
Bedford-Stuyvestant to JFK on New Lots and Marcus Garvey Avenues
Bx41
26.1%
Wakefield to the Hub on White Plains Road and Webster Avenue
M7
25.6%
Harlem to Union Square on Columbus/Amsterdam/Lenox/6/7th Aves and B'way
M101/2/3
25.5%
Upper to Lower Manhattan on 3rd/Lexington/Lenox Avenues
B44
25.1%
Sheepshead Bay to Williamsburg on Nostrand Avenue
M15
24.6%
East Harlem to Lower Manhattan on 1st and 2nd Avenues
M10/20
24.4%
Washington Heights to Penn Station on 7t/8th Aves, CPW and F. Douglass Blvd.
S78
24.4%
St. George Ferry Terminal to Tottenville on Hylan Boulevard
B41
23.5%
Kings Plaza to Downtown Brooklyn on Flatbush Avenue
S76
23.0%
St. George Ferry Terminal to Oakwood Beach on Richmond Rd. and New Dorp Lane
S74
22.7%
St. George Ferry Terminal to Tottenville on Arthur Kill Road
S48
22.2%
St. George Ferry Terminal to Mariners Harbor on Forest Avenue
Bx12
21.8%
Bay Plaza Shopping Center to Inwood on Pelham Parkway and Fordham Road
S44
21.2%
St. George Ferry Terminal to New Springville on Richmond Avenue
Bx19
20.9%
NY Botanical Garden to Riverbank State Park on Southern Boulevard and E. 149 St.
Bx36
20.7%
Soundview to Washington Heights on E. 174/E. 180 Streets and Tremont Avenue
M14
20.4%
14 Street Crosstown
Bx55
20.3%
Fordham Plaza to the Hub on 3rd Avenue
*Source, Service Quality Indicators, First Half 2007, MTA New York City Transit Committee Agenda, September 2007, p. 220 Ð 224. Schleppie Awards are based on the percentages of buses (1) arriving with large gaps during the day and (2) departing significantly off schedule at night, based on MTA New York City Transit performance measurement statistics of reliability. A Schleppie is awarded to any route with a combined weighted average of unreliability greater than 20%.


News Release | Pokey Methodology | Schleppie Methodology | Pokies by Borough | Schleppies by Borough
Table 1: Pokey Award-Slowest to Fastest | Table 2: Schleppie Award-Worst to Best

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