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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:13:26 +0000, Clive Page
wrote: I'm surprised nobody else has noted here what I saw last week in (I think) the Evening Standard: that TfL are about to tell passengers at Holborn not to walk up the escalators. They claim that the passenger-carrying capacity is greater when people stand on both left and right. There was no mention of a penalty for those trying to walk up the left hand side, but as we all know, it only takes one person to block that side by standing on it for the whole system to degrade to standing on both sides. I really doubt the capacity arguments: it may be true that you get more people on the standing side than on the walking side as walking needs a bit more inter-person space, but on the other hand the number of people per second is greater. I wonder if they have really done any measurements? A much more productive move, in my opinion, would be to run their escalators a bit faster: those in Moscow, Kiev, and other former soviet cities, go about 50% faster in my experience. It comes as a slight surprise to the visitor, but people seem to cope. Or tell people not to stand on the escalators and keep walking :-) |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On Sunday, 29 November 2015 10:27:42 UTC, Scott wrote:
Or tell people not to stand on the escalators and keep walking :-) Walking is bad for escalators. It damages them. |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On 29.11.15 11:52, Offramp wrote:
On Sunday, 29 November 2015 10:27:42 UTC, Scott wrote: Or tell people not to stand on the escalators and keep walking :-) Walking is bad for escalators. It damages them. How so? |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On Sunday, 29 November 2015 17:04:36 UTC, wrote:
Walking is bad for escalators. It damages them. How so? Standing on an escalator causes no damage. But walking on an escalator can cause flumatics in the Lower Machine Chamber. |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On 2015\11\29 17:22, Offramp wrote:
On Sunday, 29 November 2015 17:04:36 UTC, wrote: Walking is bad for escalators. It damages them. How so? Standing on an escalator causes no damage. But walking on an escalator can cause flumatics in the Lower Machine Chamber. Oh no, from there the flumatics might take over the asylum. |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On 2015-11-29, Scott wrote:
On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:13:26 +0000, Clive Page wrote: I'm surprised nobody else has noted here what I saw last week in (I think) the Evening Standard: that TfL are about to tell passengers at Holborn not to walk up the escalators. They claim that the passenger-carrying capacity is greater when people stand on both left and right. There was no mention of a penalty for those trying to walk up the left hand side, but as we all know, it only takes one person to block that side by standing on it for the whole system to degrade to standing on both sides. I really doubt the capacity arguments: it may be true that you get more people on the standing side than on the walking side as walking needs a bit more inter-person space, but on the other hand the number of people per second is greater. I wonder if they have really done any measurements? A much more productive move, in my opinion, would be to run their escalators a bit faster: those in Moscow, Kiev, and other former soviet cities, go about 50% faster in my experience. It comes as a slight surprise to the visitor, but people seem to cope. Or tell people not to stand on the escalators and keep walking :-) Actually not funny, considering the number of reasons people are unable to keep walking, especially up! Eric -- ms fnd in a lbry |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On 2015\11\29 10:27, Scott wrote:
On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:13:26 +0000, Clive Page wrote: I'm surprised nobody else has noted here what I saw last week in (I think) the Evening Standard: that TfL are about to tell passengers at Holborn not to walk up the escalators. They claim that the passenger-carrying capacity is greater when people stand on both left and right. There was no mention of a penalty for those trying to walk up the left hand side, but as we all know, it only takes one person to block that side by standing on it for the whole system to degrade to standing on both sides. I really doubt the capacity arguments: it may be true that you get more people on the standing side than on the walking side as walking needs a bit more inter-person space, but on the other hand the number of people per second is greater. I wonder if they have really done any measurements? A much more productive move, in my opinion, would be to run their escalators a bit faster: those in Moscow, Kiev, and other former soviet cities, go about 50% faster in my experience. It comes as a slight surprise to the visitor, but people seem to cope. Or tell people not to stand on the escalators and keep walking :-) If would help if they stopped telling us we must carry a dog. |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
On 29.11.15 13:12, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2015\11\29 10:27, Scott wrote: On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:13:26 +0000, Clive Page wrote: I'm surprised nobody else has noted here what I saw last week in (I think) the Evening Standard: that TfL are about to tell passengers at Holborn not to walk up the escalators. They claim that the passenger-carrying capacity is greater when people stand on both left and right. There was no mention of a penalty for those trying to walk up the left hand side, but as we all know, it only takes one person to block that side by standing on it for the whole system to degrade to standing on both sides. I really doubt the capacity arguments: it may be true that you get more people on the standing side than on the walking side as walking needs a bit more inter-person space, but on the other hand the number of people per second is greater. I wonder if they have really done any measurements? A much more productive move, in my opinion, would be to run their escalators a bit faster: those in Moscow, Kiev, and other former soviet cities, go about 50% faster in my experience. It comes as a slight surprise to the visitor, but people seem to cope. Or tell people not to stand on the escalators and keep walking :-) If would help if they stopped telling us we must carry a dog. I would think that this is a pretty good idea, particularly in the case of smaller dogs. I have seen teeth at the top and bottom eat peoples' shoes. |
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No more walking up escalators at Holborn
"Basil Jet" wrote Or tell people not to stand on the escalators and keep walking :-) If would help if they stopped telling us we must carry a dog. "dogs must be carried" so dog or dogs. -- Mike D |
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