According to this video, we are using escalators all wrong:
http://digg.com/video/inefficiencies-elevators?utm_source=digg_medium=email
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vbsoO2c7gCM; frameborder="0"
allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;
picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>
Dan
The Anheuser-Busch brewery in St Louis had an old wooden escalator that the tour
guide said was the first escalator in the U.S.
It was a single unit that was switched back and forth between up and down. We
went up it at the start of the tour, and came back down it at the end, just
before the
Yes, like Ann I have seen and used escalators in The City that are
reversible. They change them to accommodate morning and evening rush
hours. Like that machine they had on the old Tappan Zee Bridge that moved
the "Jersey" lane dividers over two lanes twice a day. Technically, the
devise is
What Paul said
Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 1:41 AM Paul Sorenson wrote:
> Argghhh. Now there's four escalators to deal with...this one goes up,
> this one goes down, but now there's another that goes up and another
> that goes
I get carried away sometimes.
The other day I saw an article about a new photo book on "Route 66". I currently
have about 15 tabs open for articles related to the "Mother Road".
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/edward-keating-edward-keating/1128938306?ean=9788862086004
On 3/17/2019 07:36:39,
actually, at least at the one at Union Square - the escalators are
reversable... and there are locations where there are two side by side
escaltors going in the same direction .. and a third in the opposite.
but I was JOKING!
sheesh
ann
On 3/16/2019 11:03 PM, John wrote:
In the U.S. the one
Argghhh. Now there's four escalators to deal with...this one goes up,
this one goes down, but now there's another that goes up and another
that goes down. Are they all moving - I can't tell. I'm stuck on the
middle floor...I feel like Charlie on the MTA.
On 3/16/2019 10:03 PM, John wrote:
In the U.S. the one to your right will normally be moving away from you and the
one to your left will be coming towards you. Which one is supposed to be up and
which one is supposed to be down depends on whether you're located at the top or
at the bottom.
Additionally, the stopped one is
Stationary escalators are used constantly, at least in the NYC area. Most
of the escalators in Penn Station, NY, and Penn Station Newark are, at any
one time stationary. They almost never close them off unless they are
actually doing work on them -- more accurately, when they have partially
which begs the question - if it isn't moving, how do you know which way
it was headed? :-)
ann
On 3/16/2019 8:19 PM, John wrote:
I have noticed they're more likely to close off a non-functioning
escalator when it's the DOWN escalator. People are less likely to
stumble and fall going up a
I have noticed they're more likely to close off a non-functioning escalator when
it's the DOWN escalator. People are less likely to stumble and fall going up a
stationary escalator.
On 3/16/2019 17:36:10, ann sanfedele wrote:
The escalators I wish/need to use most often are frequently out
Escalators have deeper risers and treads than stairs, which makes them more
difficult to climb and a bit more of a trip hazard. Also, staircases have a
landing at regular intervals, which means people can have a bit of a rest
without blocking people behind them, whereas escalators just go
Ann, I have read about moving escalators collapsing, but not ones that are
no longer moving. I have climbed stopped escalators numerous times in Penn
Station and elsewhere.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 5:37 PM ann sanfedele wrote:
> The
The escalators I wish/need to use most often are frequently out of
order .. (aside ot New yorkers who know the places - Union Square metro
station -
4th ave and 14th street corner and the ones in the K-mart at astor
place, which also serves as an access to and from the downtown 6 train
Well that escalated quickly.
On 3/15/2019 3:43 AM, Alan C wrote:
With no escalators In Phalaborwa we easily maintain an even temperament!
Alan C
On 15-Mar-19 05:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Another iPhoto image of a sign.
I found this sign amusing as well, for two .reasons. First, the
With no escalators In Phalaborwa we easily maintain an even temperament!
Alan C
On 15-Mar-19 05:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Another iPhoto image of a sign.
I found this sign amusing as well, for two .reasons. First, the escalator
is located in the Museum of Technology in San Jose, CA.
Another iPhoto image of a sign.
I found this sign amusing as well, for two .reasons. First, the escalator
is located in the Museum of Technology in San Jose, CA. How embarrassing
for an institution like that has no one who can fix an escalator. Second,
don't they realize that an escalator that
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