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Is 543 miles per second as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)?

It's about 650,000 times as fast as Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan)
The speed of Walking Pedestrians (in Manhattan) is about 0.00081 miles per second.
(Manhattan; average speed; 8,978 person-sample)
A 2006 Study by the New York City Department of City Planning found that pedestrians in that city walk at an average rate of 0.00081 miles per second. Pedestrians wearing headphones, the study went on to find, walk at a slightly faster 0.00088 miles per second
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