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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of standing on
both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more successful than predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...the-escalators |
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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
On Saturday, 16 January 2016 10:25:49 UTC, Recliner wrote:
There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of standing on both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more successful than predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it: It was a roaring triumph. |
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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
On 16/01/2016 10:23, Recliner wrote:
There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of standing on both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more successful than predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...the-escalators Classic Guardian - 98% pseudy-guff, 3% information. Thanks for the link - and good pun too PA |
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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
On 2016\01\16 18:56, Peter Able wrote:
On 16/01/2016 10:23, Recliner wrote: There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of standing on both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more successful than predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...the-escalators Classic Guardian - 98% pseudy-guff, 3% information. Thanks for the link - and good pun too PA Okay, now I understand it. Few people use the walking side, so telling would-be standees that they have to stand on the right practically halves the capacity. But when the escalators are quiet it's quicker to allow people to walk, so I hope standing on both sides becomes a peak hour rule rather than an all-day one. |
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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\01\16 18:56, Peter Able wrote: On 16/01/2016 10:23, Recliner wrote: There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of standing on both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more successful than predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...the-escalators Classic Guardian - 98% pseudy-guff, 3% information. Thanks for the link - and good pun too PA Okay, now I understand it. Few people use the walking side, so telling would-be standees that they have to stand on the right practically halves the capacity. But when the escalators are quiet it's quicker to allow people to walk, so I hope standing on both sides becomes a peak hour rule rather than an all-day one. The article says one escalator will remain as normal, so if there are two up escalators, you would have three of the four sides for standing, while still leaving one side free for walking. Peter Smyth |
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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
On 2016\01\16 19:37, Peter Smyth wrote:
Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\01\16 18:56, Peter Able wrote: On 16/01/2016 10:23, Recliner wrote: There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of standing on both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more successful than predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...the-escalators Classic Guardian - 98% pseudy-guff, 3% information. Thanks for the link - and good pun too PA Okay, now I understand it. Few people use the walking side, so telling would-be standees that they have to stand on the right practically halves the capacity. But when the escalators are quiet it's quicker to allow people to walk, so I hope standing on both sides becomes a peak hour rule rather than an all-day one. The article says one escalator will remain as normal, so if there are two up escalators, you would have three of the four sides for standing, while still leaving one side free for walking. That'll never work. Maybe if they made the walking side red-hot. |
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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\01\16 19:37, Peter Smyth wrote: Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\01\16 18:56, Peter Able wrote: On 16/01/2016 10:23, Recliner wrote: There was a recent long thread here on the trial at Holborn of standing on both sides of the escalator. Apparently the trial was more successful than predicted and they're pondering whether and how to escalate it: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...the-escalators Classic Guardian - 98% pseudy-guff, 3% information. Thanks for the link - and good pun too PA Okay, now I understand it. Few people use the walking side, so telling would-be standees that they have to stand on the right practically halves the capacity. But when the escalators are quiet it's quicker to allow people to walk, so I hope standing on both sides becomes a peak hour rule rather than an all-day one. The article says one escalator will remain as normal, so if there are two up escalators, you would have three of the four sides for standing, while still leaving one side free for walking. That'll never work. Maybe if they made the walking side red-hot. As the article says, they'd use a colour code on the steps and moving armrest to indicate a non-walking up escalator. But it would take a lot of public education to get it to work. |
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More on the Holborn standing escalator trial
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-septe mber.org, at 21:04:30 on Sat, 16 Jan 2016, Recliner remarked: The article says one escalator will remain as normal, so if there are two up escalators, you would have three of the four sides for standing, while still leaving one side free for walking. That'll never work. Maybe if they made the walking side red-hot. As the article says, they'd use a colour code on the steps and moving armrest to indicate a non-walking up escalator. But it would take a lot of public education to get it to work. Of course, when escalators are not busy, people also walk up the right hand side. -- Roland Perry |
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