Do you have a need for speed? Or at least a need to know the speed limit anywhere in the world? Greater Greater Washington has just the map for you.
After sharing a graphic comparing the sizes of streetcar networks around the United States earlier in the week, Greater Greater Washington provides another graphic that compares transportation by relative merits—this time its worldwide and the comparison is of speed limits.
Dan Malouf notes the distinction between speed limits between the east and west of the United States before remarking that "Texas has the highest speed limit in the western hemisphere, at 85 miles per hour." On the flip side: "no road in Canada's province Nunavut has a limit above 45 miles per hour."
FULL STORY: How fast can you go? Map of maximum speed limits around the world
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