title: Further We Travel the Faster We Go.
abstract: The average travelling speed increases in a nontrivial manner with the travel distance. This leads to scaling-like relations on quite extended spatial scales, for all mobility modes taken together and also for a given mobility mode in part. We offer a wide range of experimental results, investigating and quantifying this universal effect and its measurable causes. The increasing travelling speed with the travel distance arises from the combined effects of: choosing the most appropriate travelling mode; the structure of the travel networks; the travel times lost in the main hubs, starting or target cities; and the speed limit of roads and vehicles.
authors: Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors: Levente
authors: L
authors: Varga
authors: Edutus College, Department of Trade and Marketing, Tatabánya, Hungary.
authors: András
authors: A
authors: Kovács
authors: Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Budapest, Hungary.
authors: Géza
authors: G
authors: Tóth
authors: Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors: István
authors: I
authors: Papp
authors: Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors: Zoltán
authors: Z
authors: Néda
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013997:Time Factors; D014186:Transportation / Q000379:methods; D014195:Travel / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States