MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Monday's bumper-to-bumper traffic is historically the slowest going of the year in Midtown with average speeds clocking in at less than 4 miles per hour.

Even an Amazon delivery driver named Edgar, in his narrow delivery scooter, had a tough time.

"On a basic day I could go in and whatever, but today, it's not good," he said. "It's crazy, the worst"

'Gridlock Sam' says this time of year walking can be faster than driving in town.

"In the heart of midtown, a senior citizen could walk at three miles an hour. That's how slow we're getting. And at times you're not going to move at all," Sam Schwartz, former New York City Traffic Commissioner, said.

Exacerbating the traffic tangle is the historic level of security for the 80th meeting of the United Nations General Asse

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