[PRCo] Re: Transit Speeds

[Boris Cefer]

60 km/h is about 37 mph.

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Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:10 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Transit Speeds


My gut reaction for what I've been seeing in Austria is a maximum of 50 km/h 
on streets and about 60 km/h on right of waz with older cars but 
acceleration is a lot faster than PCC cars.   Equipment manages to get to 50 
to 60 between stations, i.e. within a block or two whereas a PCC was capable 
of about 40 km/h in a block.   Some of the new AC motor cars are 
phenomenally smooth ... virtuallz jerkless from 0 up to full speed and back 
down to 0.
You want a conversion?   Multiplz kilometers times .625 to get miles per 
hour.   60 is about 42.