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Table 1 Travel speed assigned to different land surfaces and their respective mode of transportation

From: Geographical accessibility in assessing bypassing behaviour for inpatient neonatal care, Bungoma County-Kenya

Land surface(mode of transport)

Road class

Description

Speed (Km/hr.)

Primary road (Motorized)

A

Roads connecting international boundaries at specific border points.

50

B

Connects county headquarters and other national economic centres or towns to class A road.

50

Secondary road (Motorized)

C

Link county headquarters to each other and to either class A or class B.

30

D

Link town centers and other sub county centers to each other and links them to Class A, B or C.

30

County road (Cycling)

E

Major feeder roads that link constituency centers

11

G

Serve to transport farm produce to the markets

11

Rural roads (walking)

L

Connects local roads to the arterial roads

11

R

Roads in rural areas

5

U

Unclassified rural roads

5

Dense Forest (walking)

  

0.01

Grassland (walking)

  

4.0

Cropland (walking)

  

4.0

Bare land (walking)

  

4.0

Wetland (walking)

  

0.01