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I've never seen someone stopping the escalator, but I have seen the stairs standing still with astounding frequency. I thought it was poor maintenance, but it n

by Fargren 11y ago

I've never seen someone stopping the escalator, but I have seen the stairs standing still with astounding frequency. I thought it was poor maintenance, but it never occurred to me it was flow optimization.

ino 11y ago
I've seen escalators that at night stop (like go to sleep) if nobody is walking and start (wake up) when someone walks towards them.
ino 11y ago
I've seen escalators that at night stop (like go to sleep) if nobody is walking and start (wake up) when someone walks towards them.