What is the slowest NYC bus route?

The M102 bus line — a line that runs from the East Village to Harlem with 8,000 daily weekday riders — won the 17th Annual Pokey Award, given to the slowest local bus route in the city by transit advocates with the New York Public Interest Research Group's Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter.



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The trip will start in Istanbul and finish in London after winding through 22 different countries. The 56-day route has been planned by Indian expedition company Adventures Overland. It beats the current longest bus journey - 6,200 kilometers on a trip run by Peruvian company Ormeño - by a long way.

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Tecnobus. If you want to try the world's smallest bus, head to Italy and board the Tecnobus, part of the urban public transport system. Compared to a regular bus, the Tecnobus looks like a miniature. Compared to the massive AutoTram Extra Grand, it almost looks like a toy.

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Buses are your best option if you are traveling from East to West across the city. If it's a pleasant day try to rent a bike or ride a NYC ferry. You will see more of the city and have fun. NYC has many ride sharing options.

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The New York City bus system is the largest in the nation, but also the slowest and most inefficient. An MTA bus has an average speed of 7.9mph, and spends 43% of its travel time sitting at traffic lights or bus stops.

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North America's most northerly bus service, the Dalton Highway Express covers a rugged 500 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, to the ominously named settlement of Deadhorse. Outside the window the frigid tundra stretched away to meet the horizon; vast, treeless and unnerving.

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Now, the MTA faces a harsh reality: Its decades-old methods for managing money it owes have been broken by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ridership is down roughly 30% from pre-pandemic levels, meaning the city's mass transit systems are clocking about 2.7 million fewer rides per day than in 2019.

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The free buses will go into effect this Sunday, September 24, and include the following: Bx18A/B, B60, M116, Q4, and S46/96. Once the pilot program is completed, Hochul reportedly expects the MTA to extend the free bus service into 2025. There's also a free shuttle bus that takes you around Downtown Manhattan.

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— According to the New York School Bus Contractors Association, there is a 15% statewide school bus driver shortage. It's clear as you drive around town that there is still a need for folks to help New York's more than 2.3 million students get to school.

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The omnibus, born in 1826, could carry up to 42 passengers with three horses required to pull it. France was, again, the first to test the innovation. This time, both commoners and gentry were allowed onboard. In 1828, New York City also laid out its first omnibus line, with many other US cities to follow.

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This Reading Buses bus is officially the fastest bus in the world as it made history by reaching a top speed of 80.73 miles an hour. This, of course, wasn't done of the roads of Reading, but on the circular track at Millbrook, just outside Bedford.

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