tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688913.post5231875859732997234..comments2008-05-12T13:00:48.800-05:00jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05993642420099432605noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688913.post-32686584213772373022008-05-12T13:00:00.000-05:002008-05-12T13:00:00.000-05:002008-05-12T13:00:00.000-05:00It looks like the latter figure is the correct estimate of average speed.<BR/><BR/>From <A HREF="http://www.gov.mb.ca/finance/budget06/advantage/mbadv.html" REL="nofollow">Manitoba Finance</A>: "The average commuting distance to work in Winnipeg is less than six kilometres." So 11.5 km would be the round-trip distance.<BR/><BR/>The Statistics Canada data to which Kives refers does not appear to come from the 2006 census, but rather to a report using 2005 data from the General Social Survey on Time Use, which was released in 2006. <A HREF="http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/89-622-XIE/2006001/tables/tab1.htm" REL="nofollow">It says</A> that in the Prairies the average round-trip commuting time is 57 minutes.jeremywhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13171985887041803947noreply@blogger.com