Roadway Speed & Population Density:
International Urban Areas: 1990/1991:
Ranked by Population Density

Location Urban Area Average Road Network Speed in Miles per Hour Urbanized Area Population per Square Mile Notes
Asia Hong Kong 16.0 77,890  
Asia Seoul 14.9 63,452  
Asia Manila 15.8 51,322  
Asia Surabaja 16.8 45,852  
Asia Jakarta 14.7 44,271  
Asia Bangkok 8.1 38,699  
Asia Singapore 20.2 22,499  
Europe Brussels 23.5 19,414  
Asia Tokyo 15.2 18,403  
Europe Vienna 17.1 17,703  
Asia Kuala Lampur 18.3 15,215  
Europe Munich 21.7 13,893  
Europe Stockholm 18.6 13,764  
Europe Amsterdam 21.7 12,649  
Europe Zurich 22.4 12,208  
Europe Frankfurt 18.6 12,079 Note
Europe Paris 16.0 11,949  
Europe London 18.8 10,964 Note
Canada Toronto 21.7 10,757 Note
Europe Hamburg 18.6 10,316  
Canada Montreal 26.9 8,761  
Canada Ottawa 24.9 8,113 Note
Canada Edmonton 24.9 7,750 Note
Europe Copenhagen 21.1 7,413  
United States Los Angeles 28.0 6,195 Note
Canada Winnipeg 21.7 5,521  
Canada Vancouver 23.6 5,391  
Canada Calgary 30.8 5,391  
United States New York 23.8 4,977  
Australia Sydney 23.0 4,355  
United States Chicago 28.0 4,303  
United States San Francisco 27.5 4,147  
Australia Melbourne 28.0 3,862 Note
United States Washington 26.3 3,551  
United States San Diego 34.6 3,396  
United States Denver 36.1 3,318  
United States Detroit 35.0 3,318  
United States Sacramento 39.7 3,292  
United States Boston 32.5 3,110  
Australia Adelaide 28.8 3,059  
United States Portland 30.9 3,033  
Australia Perth 28.0 2,748  
United States Phoenix 32.0 2,722  
Australia Brisbane 31.1 2,540  
Australia Canberra 29.3 2,488  
United States Houston 38.0 2,462  
Note: Area surveyed does not include all of the corresponding urbanized area. Higher average speeds and lower population densities would be expected for an area including the entire urban area.
Population density varies from data on other pages of this web site due to different data compilation and area definitions.
Data from Jeffrey R. Newman, Felix B. Laube and others, "An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities: 1960-1990."

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