Updated: 7-Sep-2010

City centre peak hour speed (km/hr)

Ahmedabad: 22   Pilot corridor does not run through city centre
Amsterdam: 35   
Bangkok: 15   up to 80 mins for 15.3km trip. Much faster (25-30km/hr) in off peak
Beijing: 21   Corridor 1, 22-Jan-09, AM peak. ~17km/hr in corridor 2, ~14km/hr in corridor 3
Bogota: 18-28   Higher speed for express routes
Brisbane: ~29   Much slower at Cultural Centre Station bottleneck
Changzhou: 17-19   Speed reduced by too many 4-phase intersections
Chongqing: 31   
Dalian: 23-25   
Guangzhou: 16-18   Speeds reduced by large number of unnecessary transfers. Off-peak speeds 21km/hr
Hangzhou: 14   Huanglong-Pengbu (PM) and Pengbu-Huanglong (AM), 12-13 April 2010
Hefei: 16   AM & PM peak surveys 8-Apr-2010
Jinan: 15-17   Surveys on 4-5 Sep-09, Line 2 (portion in median busway), PM peak
Kunming: 11-14   Beijing Road & city centre corridors
Nantes: 19   AM peak surveys 24-Jun-10, south-north. Off-peak speed around 22km/hr
Seoul: 12-14   Feb. 2009 in Gangnam Road section
Xiamen: 27   AM peak, Hongwen-Diyi Matou, 6-Apr-10
Zhengzhou: 20   Surveys AM and PM peak on 1 July 2009