If you work at Sky’s Leeds Dock offices, chances are you will walk in from the city centre. Once you get past the traffic lights on Crown Point bridge you can choose to go left, taking the steps down by the waterside, or go right and take the road round the back of Mumtaz. But which way is fatest?
To find out, I set about recording my walk time from the traffic lights to the post outside of Sky 2. I did six runs in total, trying to mix up the days randomly to get a representative average. Here are the raw times I recorded.
| Run | Steps | Road |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:33 | 3:24 |
| 2 | 3:44 | 3:33 |
| 3 | 3:44 | 3:36 |
Here is the same data, in seconds, with averages.
| Run | Steps | Road |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 213 | 204 |
| 2 | 224 | 213 |
| 3 | 224 | 216 |
| Average time | 220.33 | 211 |
| Total variation | 26.89 | 26 |
| Mean variation | 8.96 | 8.67 |
Based on the table, we can see that the road seems to be around 9 seconds faster than the steps (211 seconds compared with 220 seconds). However, the typical variation, 8.82 seconds, is almost as high as the difference. Therefore we can only have so much confidence the results are accurate. It also suggests that other factors such as weather and fatigue have as much impact as route selection.
Conclusion
On average, the road route seems to be slightly faster than the steps route. However the difference is small and so it seems a sensible choice to choose the steps instead if you prefer the more scenic route.
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Tags: commuting, leeds, leeds dock, sky, travel
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