Do we know what years the data is from?

so more time moving to cover the greater distances compared to being stopped equates to a higher average speed

that is what would be expected

This is pretty interesting.

Yea, this is a direct analog to https://xkcd.com/1138/.

Duh, the Paris metro stops like every 5-10 blocks. DC metro stops every 5 miles.

From the original asking about the silver line "I just did it, so 2023. Yes, the silver line was 66.1 km in 93 min (42.6 km/h), it's the rightmost point in the plot (2.00 km/station)"

American Sprawl. Our urban planning makes no sense.

If that were true, the Washington Metro would have more route miles then the New York City Subway.

The Washington Metro use to have averages that were higher then that. Longer station dwell time, lower speed limits and reduced acceleration and breaking rates has lower the average by more then 5 kph.

It makes sense. Washington metro includes suburban destinations that would be part of a different commuter rail system in those other cities, like Rer in Paris.

No annoying pause before the doors open in Paris.

Because the metro is more like a regional rail than a subway tbh

Braking

I mean, this is WMATA we're talking about. Breaking rates seems pretty correct.

Best metro around tbh.