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Further We Travel the Faster We Go

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The average travelling speed increases in a nontrivial manner with the travel distance. This leads to scaling-like relations on quite extended spatial scales, for all mobility modes taken together and also for a given mobility mode in part. We offer a wide range of experimental results, investigating and quantifying this universal effect and its measurable causes. The increasing travelling speed with the travel distance arises from the combined effects of: choosing the most appropriate travelling mode; the structure of the travel networks; the travel times lost in the main hubs, starting or target cities; and the speed limit of roads and vehicles.

Source: PLoS ONE

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148913

Authors: Levente Varga, András Kovács, Géza Tóth, István Papp, Zoltán Néda

Institutions: Babeș-Bolyai University, Edutus University, Hungarian Central Statistical Office

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,382