What is the speed of urban buses?
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Urban buses typically travel at speeds between 25 to 50 kilometers per hour, not exceeding 60 kilometers per hour, but can reach up to 80 kilometers per hour in suburban areas. Here are specific details about buses: Large-scale transportation: Buses are the most common form of mass transit. Increasing demand: The development of urbanization and motorization has led to continuous growth in urban population and areas, resulting in a corresponding rapid increase in the demand for public transportation, which requires public transport companies to deploy more buses. According to statistics of 0.6 buses per 10,000 urban residents, the existing urban bus fleet is approximately 264,000 vehicles. By 2010, this number needed to reach at least 630,000, with an average annual increase of 3 to 4 thousand buses, plus replacements for scrapped buses, totaling an average annual increase of 55,000 buses. Purpose: Buses serve as a means of transportation for the general public to commute to and from work, offering affordability.