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Moving slowly enough for whom to step off? The 90 year old lady with a walker? The toddler? Stephen Hawking in his wheelchair? How slow is it going to accommod
by freddie_mercury 8y ago
Moving slowly enough for whom to step off? The 90 year old lady with a walker? The toddler? Stephen Hawking in his wheelchair?
How slow is it going to accommodate every single person's movement capacity? How small is the gradient between each belt to allow them to move between belts? How wide does this whole thing end up needing to be?
- TeMPOraL 8y ago> Moving slowly enough for whom to step off? The 90 year old lady with a walker? The toddler? Stephen Hawking in his wheelchair? Why not? Don't they use moving floors on airports already? (Also, do toddlers walk alone on the busy streets?) Here's a design I just sketched in Factorio for a belt system with 3 speed levels, and an entry/exit for moving onto the belt system, and then between speed levels. https://imgur.com/c51pTnP https://imgur.com/c51pTnP (For those who don't know Factorio - the blue belts are the fastest, the yellow ones are the slowest.)
- ubernostrum 8y agoWhy not? Don't they use moving floors on airports already? Yes, but they also have non-moving floors, and they also have -- in the US, at least -- a small fleet of carts, driven by airport staff, that can carry people who have difficulty walking. Any moving-walkway mass-transit system would have to include accessible alternatives.