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Slow and steady wins the race? Well, in the case of the M42 …kinda.

Named the slowest NYC bus route, again , the Midtown path just took home the 2025 Pokey Award, an honor from the New York Public Interest Research Group’s (NYPIRG) Straphangers Campaign and the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA’s (PCAC) annual ceremony.

Needless to say, this is not necessarily a first-place title worth bragging about.

While the NYC Ferry service is creating new, faster routes and the A and L trains are increasing weekday service, the M42 is out and about, trudging along at a whopping 5.25 miles per hour. According to Healthline, the average jogger tracks somewhere between four and six miles per hour, so that might not leave commuters with much hope.

According to Joh

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