Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event NYT | Top Stories Michael Gold 9 October 2025 at 06:38 Zohran Mamdani, the leading candidate in the race to be New York City’s next mayor, held a campaign event on a bus that crawled across Midtown Manhattan to highlight a signature proposal. © Olga Fedorova for The New York TimesThe M57 traveled at about 2.3 miles per hour on Wednesday afternoon, far below the citywide average speed of about 8 miles per hour.