The City's Most Unreliable Bus Is In Brooklyn

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn bus has been named the worst in New York City.

The B12 bus, which connects Prospect-Lefferts Gardens to East New York, was awarded the 2018 Schleppie Award for the abyssal service it provided New Yorkers, Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter announced.

Schleppies have been granted to city buses most prone to bunching — or arriving all at once in a mass herd — for the past 11 years, the transit right groups said.

This year, BusTime data showed that one out of five B12 buses was stalled in traffic and arrived next to another bus, the groups said.

The B12, which averages about 15,380 riders-per-weekday, is now the owner of the Schleppie award, which depicts “golden lumbering elephants on a pedestal.”

In their announcement, the group called on city transit officials to add more dedicated bus lanes, expand traffic signal priority for buses and permitting boarding at all bus doors.

“New Yorkers know from bitter daily experience that service is often unpredictable and unreliable,” said Jaqi Cohen, Straphangers Campaign Coordinator. “Buses can move faster, but that requires transit officials to act.”

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