Light-rail passenger trains that provide transportation within and between cities speed up and slow down with a nearly constant (and quite modest) acceleration. A train travels through a congested part of town at 6.0 m/s
. Once free of this area, it speeds up to 11 m/s
in 8.0 s
. At the edge of town, the driver again accelerates, with the same acceleration, for another 16 s
to reach a higher cruising speed.