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Zohran Mamdani: “Right now, they're the slowest buses in the country. They're…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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Part of it also because amidst the MTA being a state agency, the city controls the streets of the city. The city determines the speed by which buses will actually travel. And Right now, they're the slowest buses in the country. They're traveling at an average speed of eight miles an hour. And for all of the focus on the economic relief and the public safety relief, what we sometimes miss are the larger economic benefits to productivity if we were to … (36:05–36:11)

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Asserts that New York City buses are the slowest in the country, averaging eight miles per hour.

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