Pedestrians Walk Faster


	Pedestrians Walk Faster
Lubaska
6-20-2007 1:46 PM
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<FONT size="2">"At one level, walking quickly is good, but if it's a way of life - if you're doing it simply to get from A to B as quickly as possible - then it goes with a whole load of other behaviours which are not quite so good for you.
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                            FASTEST CITIES
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<DIV class="mva"><DIV class="bull">1. Singapore; 10.55s </DIV>
<DIV class="bull">2. Copenhagen (Denmark); 10.82s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">3. Madrid (Spain); 10.89s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">4. Guangzhou (China): 10.94s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">5. Dublin (Ireland); 11.03s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">6. Curitiba (Brazil); 11.13s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">7. Berlin (Germany); 11.16s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">8. New York (USA); 12.00s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">9. Utrecht (Holland); 12.04s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">10. Vienna (Austria); 12.06s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull"><I>Time in seconds to cover 60ft (0.02km)</I></DIV>
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<DIV class="mva"><I>Source: British Council</I></DIV>
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