Life in the fast lane 'speeds up'

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk The pace of life for city dwellers is literally getting faster, a new British-led study suggests. People are walking 10% more quickly than a decade ago, according to research in 32 cities across the globe. Thousands of pedestrians were secretly timed in city centres with Singapore's residents found to be the most swift, followed by Copenhagen and Madrid. FASTEST CITIES 1. Singapore; 10.55s 2. Copenhagen (Denmark); 10.82s 3. Madrid (Spain); 10.89s 4. Guangzhou (China): 10.94s 5. Dublin (Ireland); 11.03s 6. Curitiba (Brazil); 11.13s 7. Berlin (Germany); 11.16s 8. New York (USA); 12.00s 9. Utrecht (Holland); 12.04s 10. Vienna (Austria); 12.06s Time in seconds to cover 60ft (0.02km) Source: British Council New York was ranked 8th, while London was outside the top 10. The Middle East tended to have the slowest pace of life.