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The new express bus lane on 5th Ave is actually making my trip slower

They added it 3 months ago, and now the regular traffic lane is so packed it takes 10 minutes longer to get to the bridge. Anyone else stuck in this mess and found a better route?
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cameron_webb
Yeah, I just cut over to Madison and it's way better.
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gibson.robert
Oh wow, @cameron_webb, you're a real trailblazer finding a different street.
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morgan.charlie
The REAL issue nobody's talking about is how this bus lane is funneling all the extra cars onto the side streets that were NEVER designed for this much traffic. I live over on 43rd and now my whole block is bumper to bumper at 8am because everyone's trying to dodge 5th Ave. That's gonna be a nightmare for emergency vehicles trying to get through those narrow one-way streets too. The bus lane might be helping buses but it's just pushing the problem into neighborhoods that can't handle it.
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