TBC - Druid travel forms

Heya, I have some mess with the druid´s travel forms in TBC…

- The travel from learned at lvl 30 is usually regarded as effective as riding, but I can see that the standard mounts grants a 60% movement speed and the Travel form speed just a 40%... A druid in travel form is slower than other char riding its standard mount?

- The travel form does not grant any riding skill, but if I recall correctly, the flight form do grants riding skill 225 ( tho it requires 150 to be learned ) This is right?

Thanks for the answers.