伦敦交通局“只能站着”的自动扶梯计划喊停

据Spring Hill Insider报道，近日，伦敦交通局官员宣布取消之前在霍尔本地铁站要求乘客在搭乘自动扶梯时，必须站在自动扶梯台阶左右两侧的做法。霍尔本地铁站是全伦敦最繁忙的地铁站之一。这个做法由伦敦交通局发起，通过扩音器和在自动扶梯台阶的两边都画上脚印和放映全息影像指引图，实行了六个月。这个让乘客站在自动扶梯台阶左右两侧的做法在实践中证实了，自动扶梯每分钟可以装载151名乘客，且在客流高峰期的有效装载率可以提高30%，相比之下，没有相关要求的自动扶梯只能装载115名。但是，这样的做法却收到了乘客负面的回馈，称这样的做法“一点都不像英国人的风格”。在英国，人们搭乘自动扶梯的长期以往的习惯都是要站在电梯右侧，把左侧让出来给需要在扶梯上行走的人。

LonDON TUBE OFFICIALS SCRAP STANDING-onLY ESCALATOR PLAN

Transport for London (TfL) officials have scrapped an initiative at Holborn Station — one of the London Tube’s busiest — requiring passengers to stand on both sides of the escalator, Spring Hill Insider reports. The six-month pilot program was promoted by TfL staff over megaphones, by footprints painted on both sides of the escalator steps and via an instructional hologram. Although the standing-only escalator carried an average of 151 passengers per min, compared with 115 on an unmarked escalator, and increased capacity by up to 30% at peak times, it received negative feedback from commuters and had been described as “going against everything about being British.” In the U.K., the long-held escalator custom is to stand on the right and walk on the left.