Length=8.2

if (Length<1)
    mode="Walk"
else if (1<=Length & Length <5)
    mode="bike"
else if (5<=Length & Length <10)
    mode="drive"
else if (Length>=10)
    mode="fly"

Length=3.5

switch(Length,
       (Length<1)  mode="Walk"
       (1<=Length & Length <5)  mode="bike"
       (5<=Length & Length <10)  mode="drive"
       (Length=>10)  mode="fly"
)

Length <- 0:11

cuts <- c(-Inf, 1, 5, 10, Inf)
labs <- c("Walk", "bike", "drive", "fly")

labs[findInterval(Length, cuts)]
# [1] "Walk"  "bike"  "bike"  "bike"  "bike"  "drive" "drive"
# [8] "drive" "drive" "drive" "fly"   "fly"

ifelse(Length < 1,  "Walk",
ifelse(Length < 5,  "bike",
ifelse(Length < 10, "drive",
                    "fly")))
# [1] "Walk"  "bike"  "bike"  "bike"  "bike"  "drive" "drive"
# [8] "drive" "drive" "drive" "fly"   "fly"

Length <- 0:11

cuts <- c(-Inf, 1, 5, 10, Inf)
labs <- c("Walk", "bike", "drive", "fly")

as.character(cut(Length, breaks = cuts, labels = labs, include.lowest=TRUE))
#  [1] "Walk"  "Walk"  "bike"  "bike"  "bike"  "bike"  "drive" "drive" "drive"
# [10] "drive" "drive" "fly"