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https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ 30 km/h is equal to 20 min/10km, 50 km/h is 12 min/10km. So Helsink
by k_g_b_ 1y ago
https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/ 30 km/h is equal to 20 min/10km, 50 km/h is 12 min/10km.
So Helsinki city center is at 21km/h travel speeds, metro area at 31km/h. A speed limit of 30 km/h doesn't really affect these travel times much.
I can't find 2023 data to compare, however by other data on the net these are very common average speeds for any city in Europe even those with plenty of 50 km/h speed limits.
If more people take up public transport, bikes or scooters in fear of an average travel speed reduction of 1-2 km/h - that is a total win for everyone involved including drivers.
- 1718627440 1y agoAverage speed means you have both above and below speeds? When you lower the speed limit, the average will also go down? But yes, in a city cycle time of traffic lights has a larger effect than max speed.
- zahlman 1y ago> When you lower the speed limit, the average will also go down? Yes, but by much less than OP might naively expect.
- mikkom 1y agoI live in helsinki and nowhere it is 20 kmh that I know of. Might be some random streets in center. And 30km/h streets are smaller living streets that driving that speed comes almost automatically. Major ringways and main roads are 80 kmh btw I have driven in many many countries - Helsinki does not feel slower than any place I have driven, faster in fact because there rarely are traffic jams
- jonasdegendt 1y agoI reckon he means that the average speed when driving through the city centre is 21 km/h, given that you’re stopping at lights and stuff.
- mike-the-mikado 1y agoThe Tom Tom data is interesting, but time taken for 10 km is not really an appropriate metric. In a more densely populated city, journeys are likely to be shorter.