Study rates Singapore fastest moving city in the world
By Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 02 May 2007 1745 hrs

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SINGAPORE: Singapore has emerged as the fastest moving city in the world...literally.

The British Council conducted a study of the walking speed of pedestrians.

And it is official - Singaporeans are the world's fastest walkers!

The British Council carried out the research in 32 cities including London and New York.

It calculated the average time taken for people to walk a distance of over 18 metres (60 feet).

Singaporeans clocked the shortest time of just over 10 seconds (10.55 seconds).

This was followed by Copenhagen (10.82 seconds) and Madrid (10.89 seconds).

New York is at number 8 and surprisingly, London ranked outside the top 10.

The slowest in the study was a city in Malawi - at more than 31 seconds (31.60 seconds).

The British Council said people's walking speed is a reliable measure of the pace of life in a city.

On average, people are walking about 10 per cent faster now, compared to the early 1990s when it last conducted a similar study.

But for Singapore, the pace of life has jumped 30 per cent. - CNA/yy