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It is "only a minute of your life" start to become critical when the next train leave one hour later. It does improve throughput a lot in public transportation
by golemiprague 8y ago
It is "only a minute of your life" start to become critical when the next train leave one hour later. It does improve throughput a lot in public transportation situations, not so much in shopping malls.
- notimetorelax 8y agoTo play the devil’s advocate, might this incentivize people to arrive earlier? Admittedly some train schedules might need to be adapted to make connections possible.
- ajhurliman 8y agoI doubt people are going to start planning their day around escalator policies. Can you imagine the conversation? "It's a domestic flight? You should still leave early, you're not allowed to walk up the escalators anymore!"
- karthikb 8y agoSure, if the inbound bus wasn’t late, or there wasn’t traffic, or...
- yellowapple 8y agoYep. That minute multiplies ten-fold or more if it means being the difference between catching your next bus/train/etc. just in time or having to wait for the next one.