On Sep 4, 8:51 pm, MIG wrote:
On Sep 4, 12:34 pm, Tom Anderson wrote:





On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Boltar wrote:
I can't help thinking that the escalators would get more people up and
down them in a given time if people could stand on both sides in the
rush hour since you always get a (sometimes dangerously) large queue for
the right side and far fewer people going on the left (plus theres
always some idiot tourist who can't read who blocks it anyway). I
realise it might inconvenience people in a hurry but I reckon the pros
would outweight the cons.

People who stand on escalators clearly aren't in a hurry; if they were,
they'd be walking [1]. Thus, speeding up their passage along the escalator
is pointless, and doing it at the expense of slowing down people who
actualy are in a hurry, doubly so.

The point about increasing throughput to avoid crowds forming is a good
one, but as another poster pointed out, it might just lead to moving the
crowd elsewhere. Still, if it's an up escalator, moving the crowd from the
platforms to the ticket hall might be a good thing from a safety
perspective.

tom

I've never been claustrophobic, but getting off the Jubilee in the
morning rush hour does make me feel nervous. A very confined area,
very far below ground, crammed solid most days. Getting the maximum
number of people up the escalator is a Good Thing without doubt.-

I meant at Bond Street, by the way, built for a very different line
from what the Jubilee is now.