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This is how distance is measured in cities with public transit… “It’s about 30 mins on the subway, etc” Giving miles for distance between things in dense metr

This is how distance is measured in cities with public transit… “It’s about 30 mins on the subway, etc” Giving miles for distance between things in dense metros is worthless for people who want to know how long it will take to get somewhere. What is car centric is giving distances between far apart cities in miles. That’s only meaningful for someone with a car who knows how fast they can drive roughly on the highway.

Dalewyn 4y ago
Generally 60 to 80mph, though for reasons of objectivity we usually just use the legal speed limits (which is generally 65mph). So if someone were to say the next big town over is 4 hours away, I can do some simple mental math and understand it's 260 miles away give or take.