Table B-1
Estimate of Average Daily Travel Distances in Singapore
Mode
Travel time min/cap/d
Mean speed km/h
Distance traveled km/cap/d
Reference/comments
Walk
8.9
4.4
0.65
Tanaboriboon (1986)
Bike
0.2
6
0.02
Relates to Indonesian cities (Tjahjati et al. 1991)
Motor Bike
1.6
32.3
0.86
Assumed to equal automobile speed
Automobile
11.5
32.3
6.19
Fwa et al. (1993)
Bus
34.5
17
9.78
Mean over different services and times, Ang (1993)
MRT
6.8
17
1.93
Assumed to equal bus speed
Others
1.2
17
0.34
Assumed to equal bus speed
Total
64.7
18.3
19.77
Resulting from above data
Sources: Travel times by mode are derived from Singapore survey (Olszewski et al. 1994, tables 7.7, 8.1, and 10.2). All mean speeds are taken from the indicated references or are estimates
