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Is 4.60 feet per second as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)?

It's about one-and-one-tenth times as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)
The speed of Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan) is about 4.30 feet 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 4.30 feet per second. Pedestrians wearing headphones, the study went on to find, walk at a slightly faster 4.60 feet per second
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