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They're also assuming people are willing to stand tightly packed, rather than one on every second stair. I've never seen an escalator, no matter how dense the c
by cauterized 10y ago
They're also assuming people are willing to stand tightly packed, rather than one on every second stair. I've never seen an escalator, no matter how dense the crowds, with strangers standing on the same side of adjacent steps.
- jobigoud 10y agoYes, the entire thing seem to rely on the personal room required for walking vs standing.
- andrewaylett 10y agoNot quite, because this is based on an actual real-life test. If people are currently leaving a single spare step when standing, but the people walking have to leave more than one spare step (or because there aren't so many, more than one step is left) then there's spare capacity that's not being used.