Life in the fast lane 'speeds up'


	Life in the fast lane 'speeds up'

kmcolo

5-2-2007 8:14 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6a54b9ca-99e6-4cbd-a9ec-a9e8037d4bf3/7B563B2A-6792-4F48-9CD1-C6081A3D7E0D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6614643.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6614643.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6614643.stm"><B>The pace of life for city dwellers is literally getting faster, a new British-led study suggests.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6614643.stm"><FONT size="2">People are walking 10% more quickly than a decade ago, according to research in 32 cities across the globe.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6614643.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/5862F746-E94D-4886-BA66-7BD5A36C1067" alt="Office workers walk during their lunch break in Singapore" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6614643.stm"><P>
<FONT size="2">Thousands of pedestrians were secretly timed in city centres with Singapore's residents found to be the most swift, followed by Copenhagen and Madrid.
</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6614643.stm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="sibtbg"><DIV class="sih">
                            FASTEST CITIES
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<DIV class="mva"><DIV class="bull">1. Singapore; 10.55s </DIV>
<DIV class="bull">2. Copenhagen (Denmark); 10.82s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">3. Madrid (Spain); 10.89s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">4. Guangzhou (China): 10.94s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">5. Dublin (Ireland); 11.03s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">6. Curitiba (Brazil); 11.13s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">7. Berlin (Germany); 11.16s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">8. New York (USA); 12.00s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">9. Utrecht (Holland); 12.04s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull">10. Vienna (Austria); 12.06s</DIV>
<DIV class="bull"><I>Time in seconds to cover 60ft (0.02km)</I></DIV>
</DIV>
<DIV class="mva"><I>Source: British Council</I></DIV>
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