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Don't they turn standing room only when it gets super busy anyway? And when it's not busy...who cares.

• lmm 10y ago
  At some busy stations (e.g. Canary Wharf during the morning rush hour) you'll find a big cluster of people at the bottom waiting for the standing side while there's space on the walking side. Obv. it gets dangerous if a trainload of people can't leave the station before the next trainload arrives. (Or more cynically, if they can achieve the same throughput with fewer escalators they'll save money on escalators).
  • swearfu 10y ago
    Yeah, but it's only dangerous because those people choose to stand there waiting instead of using their legs. It's their choice to be lazy and those create a danger for everyone else. We need to stop rewarding people who can't do anything for themselves.
    • lmm 10y ago
      True laziness would be not building more escalators were they're needed. Basic safety isn't "rewarding" people.