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Table 1 Travel speeds (miles per hour, mph) used in custom-built network datasets

From: Measuring geographic access to health care: raster and network-based methods

Road type

N1

N2

N3

N4

N5

Expressways

70

60

60

62

65

Ramps

25

25

25

25

20

City owned, major

35

30

30

35

30

City owned, minor

25

20

20

25

20

Private

25

25

25

25

20

Minor collectors

55

55

55

45

50

Rural arterials and major collectors

55

55

55

45

50

Rural local

45

45

45

45

40

Urban, state owned arterials and major collectors

35

35

35

35

30

Urban, county owned arterials and major collectors

45

45

45

45

40

Urban, state owned local

35

35

35

35

30

Urban, county primary local

55

55

55

45

50

Urban, county local

25

25

25

25

20