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Re:Standing-only escalators can carry up to 30 per cent more... by bboreham on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @09:15AM (#12692477)
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.
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Re:Standing-only escalators can carry up to 30 per cent more... by swearfu on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @10:36AM (#12693204)
Then 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.
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Re:Standing-only escalators can carry up to 30 per cent more... by bboreham on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:32PM (#12695388)
It turns out you cannot simply order people to do something they find inconvenient or difficult, even if it is in their best interests.
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Re:Standing-only escalators can carry up to 30 per cent more... by galdosdi on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @02:53PM (#12695541)
Do 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.
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Re:Standing-only escalators can carry up to 30 per cent more... by slededit on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @07:18PM (#12697149)
Given 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.
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