The notoriously slow M42 crosstown bus on Manhattan's 42nd Street has been beaten by a man on a child's tricycle, New York observers say.

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Mark Malkoff, 35, challenged the bus in a 1-mile race from 10th Avenue to Madison Avenue Feb. 17 and won by 2 minutes and 38 seconds.

Malkoff, a filmmaker, released the video proof Wednesday at www.MyDamnChannel.com/MarkMalkoff.

The 5-foot-7, 131-pound Malkoff pulled up alongside the bus at 1:18 p.m. on a Razor Rip Rider 360, and the race was on.

"Once the green light went, the bus was destroying me," he told the New York Daily News. "Then we were neck and neck for a while, and suddenly I was able to propel myself faster."

He said he obeyed all traffic lights.

A camera was mounted on the handlebars, and a video team followed him as he reached speeds of 4.7 mph.

Malkoff made it to Madison Avenue in 12 minutes and 42 seconds. The bus took 15 minutes and 20 seconds to cover the same distance at an average of 3.9 mph.