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>"That's only if the escalator isn't under repair." Are you in DC? Metro is notorious for out of service escalators, but they do have more than any other trans
by incision 13y ago
>"That's only if the escalator isn't under repair."
Are you in DC? Metro is notorious for out of service escalators, but they do have more than any other transit system in North America [0] and they can be quite long/deep [1].
">I always take the staircase to/from the entrance."
Depending on the station/situation, that might not be an option.
0: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/us/02escalators.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/us/02escalators.html?_r=0
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheaton_(Washington_Metro) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheaton_(Washington_Metro)
- peterwwillis 13y ago> Metro is notorious for out of service escalators, That's what I meant. And unless i'm mistaken, most (if not all) stations have stairs for the street-level escalators, at one of the station's entrances. The funny thing is the initial escalators aren't an issue; people hear you clanking your way down the escalator and they'll usually turn around and get out of your way. It's the stairs from the ticket gates to the trains where people decide to become sloths, and when there are stairs there I take them. (I seem to recall that being intermittent as well...)