印度加尔各答附近拟建带自动扶梯的人行通道

据每日电讯报在6月17日的报道，为保障行人在穿过六车道的主干道的安全，印度当地交通部门官员计划在繁忙的主干道底下，建造四条带有自动扶梯的地下通道。尽管主干道设有交通信号灯，从附近IT办公楼来往的行人还是会宁愿冲刺过马路，躲避快速行驶的交通工具。而计划建设的地下通道，将设有四个出入口，可供行人去往不同的方向。地下通道将设在地下约7米的地方，四个出口都配有上行和下行的自动扶梯。该镇区现有10条地下人行道，但只有一条配有电梯，且仅仅是上行电梯。此次新建的地下人行道将是当地第一条拥有双向自动扶梯的地下通道。

PASSAGES WITH ESCALATORS PLANNED NEAR KOLKATA, INDIA

In an effort to protect pedestrians crossing the six-lane Major Arterial Road at the Rabindra Thirtha crossing at the Kolkata Gate, Bidhannagar, India, traffic department officials plan to build four escalator-equipped underground passages, or subways, beneath the busy thoroughfare, The Telegraph reported June 17. Though there are signal-equipped crossings, many pedestrians going to and from work at nearby IT offices dart across the road, dodging speeding vehicles. The subways, with four entry/exit points, will offer passage in different directions. They will be approximately 7 m below ground and will have up and down escalators at each end. The township already has 10 subways, but only one of them is equipped with escalators, and these are only upward-traveling units. The new subways will be the first with two-way escalators.