Why People Should Stand on Escalators Side by Side
Why People Should Stand on Escalators Side by Side
Every morning thousands of people feel as if they’re trying to accomplish a particularly tricky quest. Wrestle out of the packed subway car – done. Avoid getting lost and carried away by the crowd – done. Reach the escalator and join the gridlock at the entrance – done. At least all the commuters are following the common escalator rule: stand on the right side, walk on the left. After all, it’s the most effective way to use an escalator, right? Actually, it’s wrong!
Wait, what? But this practice makes perfect sense: you can always choose whether you want to relax and let the machinery do all the work or save time and walk up! Yep, it turns out that we’ve been using escalators inefficiently all this time.
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To walk, or not to walk? That is the question. 0:50
Is the time difference really that great? 3:36
Why people should stand on escalators side by side 4:43
Please, stay out of my personal space! 5:15
What the supporters of the “everybody-walks” idea say 6:21
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SUMMARY:
– A 2011 study from the University of Greenwich figured out that while 75% of people choose to stand on escalators, only 25% walk up.
– In 2015, the London Underground started a three-week trial of a revolutionary approach to using escalators.
– Employees of Transport for London asked commuters not to walk on the escalators.
– During the morning rush hour between 08:30 to 09:30, the average escalator used to transport about 12,750 people. But during the trial period of standing rules, the same escalator moved 16,220 people!
– People kept pushing each other, shouting, and arguing. It seems that the problem lies in human nature: we want the result right away and are unwilling to postpone it in the interest of the greater good.
– Interestingly, people didn’t feel all that indignant about the new rule on longer escalators. On such escalators, commuters already preferred to stand on the walking side rather than move.
– It took a commuter 26 seconds to walk to the top of the moving escalator and 40 seconds to get there while standing still.
– When most commuters stand on the right (or on the left, depending on the country), the weight on the stairs gets distributed unevenly. As a result, one side of the escalator experiences a much greater strain than the other.
– The average American likes to have at least 1 and 1/2 ft (0.45 m) of personal space separating them from other people. Naturally, when you stand on an escalator, this distance is much smaller. It makes people feel uncomfortable.
– But there are also a lot of experts who are sure that walking on escalators is still a much safer and better way to get to your goal.
– The supporters of the “everybody-walks” idea also say that if nobody was standing on the stairs and everybody was moving, there would be no gridlocks at all. Well, although reasonable, this advice doesn’t sound like fun when you’re returning from the airport with a heavy suitcase.
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If everybody has to walk, why escalator??
*Stairs*
They’re smaller thus easier
WHY not use stairs for better health and not just using a escalators …
Why don’t ppl who want to walk go on the stairs and the ppl who wanna stand go on the escalator -.-
my dad tells my to stay on the right side becuse so people can walk on the left side boom easy pasy lemon squsie
I don’t know about others…
But In the Philippines,Everyone stands at the escalators
And walks at stairs😐
I don’t like these ideas because I walk so l am fit
so when i was at the mall we were on the second floor i wined and cried kept stepping away from the escalator because i thought it would most likely break so i wined so my gaurdion picked me up put me on the escalator and i calmed down till we reached he bottum sorry for this realy long comnent
In my country everyone picks both sides and that country is lithuania
one man pushed me and I nearly fell and my friend saved me
If u think about it escalators are treated the same as if ur driving…..well for the most part at least in the US i think it is
Cat time LOL
Always walking
im on the everyone walks side.
Wh
I always walk on the escalator, but I would have no problem tackling my instincts and taking a breather in order to make sure other people can also get to their destination on time.
Walking on escalators?😂😂
i have seen a hole entire 1 year 12 waching you
i like and sub scried
Nothing earth shattering here. Standing on both sides occurs naturally during times of congestion. But it would be absurd to have a no-walking rule during uncongested times. Same as the highway.
Walk
In Singapore you stand on the left and walk on the right
Hey there, BrightSiders! Do you prefer to take an escalator or stairs?
One more reason not to walk up the escalator…..
*its fun to go on escalators*
Like if you walk up escalators that go down
And go down escalators that go up.
Or is it just me.
😉
If the escalator is shared between standing and walking then it would actually be more helpful to society to walk up because it will reduce the standing que
There’s no reason to walk up the escalator. Use the stairs
Nice video of the day.
I never used this rule cuz I see nobody use it
i usually dont really follow the "stand on the right walk on the left" rule but i walk up all the time
I say walk
I pose like a ninja surfing at the beach while I stand on it …. people look at me weird
Brightside I have have a question why does a blood pressure machine feel strange on your arm
I like watching bright side😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩
The flat escalator type moving walkways or concourses are fun to walk on. You get going fast. Even if you’re not moving, you’re going faster than people who are in the walking lanes. Escalators in airports do all the work, especially if you got a heavy load.
If you stand on the Right side of the escalators in the Munich Metro, the People would shout at you. The same as in London.
On escalator stand still if walking use the stairway
im scared on the escalators
Standing on escalator is not new rule!!!
I don’t watch cat videos,I watch bright side’s videos.😎
I think people should be able to choose if they would walk or not…
OR everyone should walk up it
I take the stairs
I feel like if ppl are walking up the escalator then what is the point of them taking it just take the stairs. If u want exercise thats what stairs are for…..gosh but it is what is is
The all stand methods benefits seem to fall apart once you take escalators into account that aren’t running as much capacity and thus neither have a waiting line nor need for tightly packed passengers, which I would assume are most escalators, and even crowded ones at certain times.
I can only go up now. After qurantine I found out I can’t go down with an escalator anymore 😞
I almost fell of an escelator and died but I grabbed the rail and barelly avoided falling doesens of feet onto moving sharp metal and concreate below.
Hay to me I wanna mete you like you
How about a escalators that is turned off but accessible?
But I don’t walk or stand on escalators
I SIT ON THEM 🙀
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