The Zipper Rule on German Roads

Re:The Zipper Rule on German Roads by kaikai on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:14PM (#19082975)

the stations where they encouraged people to stand on both sides were so far underground that almost no one chose to walk up. In the case of the Bay Area the “walking” side is often fully utilized and it wouldn’t make sense to stand on both sides.

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Re:The Zipper Rule on German Roads by benzible on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:13AM (#19083337)

BART now discourages "stand right, walk left" because it leads to "'uneven wear' on the escalator's gears, which can lead to more breakdowns and need for repair."

https://sfist.com/2017/01/16/bart_says_actually_standing_on_...

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Re:The Zipper Rule on German Roads by blattimwind on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:03AM (#19084881)

"The infrastructural humiliation of America"

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Re:The Zipper Rule on German Roads by vinay427 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:37AM (#19085112)

Maintenance problems aside, I'm usually surprised at how consistently people follow the stand-right "rule." Typically, everyone ahead of me followed it in my experience with BART.

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