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Date sent: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 06:24:38 -0700
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From: Todd Litman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Average walking speed?
At 12:20 PM 8/24/99 +0100, Rama wrote:
>For a planning project I need to know the average walking speed as it is
>usually used in the planning projects. Can anybody help me?
The table below is from Alan Pisarski, Travel Behavior Issues in the 90's,
USDOT (Washington DC), July 1992, p. 70. It indicates that according to the
1990 NPTS, walking commute trips average 3.1 mph.
Commute Trip Time, Length and Speed by Mode
Auto Transit Walk All
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Commute Travel Time (min.) 19.0 49.9 9.6 19.7
Commute Trip Length (miles) 11.0 12.6 0.5 10.7
Commute Average Speed (mph) 34.7 15.2 3.1 32.3
The National Highway Institute estimates that walking averages 3 mph in
"Estimating the Impacts of Urban Transportation Alternatives, Participant's
Notebook," National Highway Institute, Federal Highway Admin. (Washington
DC), Course #15257, Dec. 1995, p VI-16.
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