Comparing private and public transport access to diabetic health services across inner, middle, and outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia

Table 3 Road hierarchy and estimated private motor vehicle travel speeds

Road hierarchy type	Sign posted speed	Actual speed, off peak, inner LGA	Actual speed, off peak, middle LGA	Actual speed, off peak, outer established LGA	Actual speed, off peak, urban growth LGA	Actual speed, off peak, outer fringe LGA	Estimated private motor vehicle speed (i.e., Average, off peak, inner and outer)	Estimated private motor vehicle travel time
Freeway	100 km/h	70 km/h	70 km/h	80 km/h	80 km/h	80 km/h	75 km/h	20.83 m^− 1
Arterial or Highway	80 km/h	32.5 km/h	32.5 km/h	43 km/h	43 km/h	43 km/h	37.75 km/h	10.49 m^− 1
Sub-arterial	60 km/h	28 km/h	28 km/h	38 km/h	38 km/h	38 km/h	33 km/h	9.17 m^− 1
Collector	50 km/h	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	25 km/h	6.94 m^− 1
Local	40 km/h	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	20 km/h	5.56 m⁻¹

Key: hr. = hour; km = kilometre; m^− 1 = metres per second
Data source: VicRoads traffic monitor report [48] and VicRoads traffic engineering manual [50]

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