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Is 1,560 meters per second as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)?

It's about 1,000 times as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)
The speed of Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan) is about 1.30 meters per second.
(Manhattan; average speed; 8,978 person-sample)
A 2006 Study by the New York City Department of City Planning found that pedestrians in that city walk at an average rate of 1.30 m/s. Pedestrians wearing headphones, the study went on to find, walk at a slightly faster 1.41 m/s
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