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The original problem they are trying to solve is a big crowd of waiting people develops at the bottom of the escalator, and since London Underground passageways
by bboreham 10y ago
The original problem they are trying to solve is a big crowd of waiting people develops at the bottom of the escalator, and since London Underground passageways are quite narrow this blocks back until the platform gets overcrowded, which is unsafe.
- swearfu 10y agoThen don't you think they should encourage everyone to keep moving instead of being lazy and standing there. Escalators, like moving walkways, are designed to move people faster, not for people to just stand there like sheep.
- bboreham 10y agoIt turns out you cannot simply order people to do something they find inconvenient or difficult, even if it is in their best interests.
- galdosdi 10y agoDo they have a parallel set of stairs next to them? That usually seems to limit crowding, since the bigger the queue for the escalator gets, the more likely newcomers are to just take the stairs instead of join the escalator queue.
- slededit 10y agoGiven the age of the system in many stations there is room for only two escalators. Further older stations are very deep resulting in extremely long sets of stairs.