Talk:Escalator etiquette

Terrifyingly badly written
"Escalator etiquette is the etiquette of using escalators" - really? And that needs a citation? Come on, we can do better than this. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:35, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Australia: Stand Left, Walk Right
It's my fault that Australians use signs that state 'Stand Left'.

In the early 1980s I told my employer that I could have our computer software company mentioned on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald.

He was skeptical but the next day the Column Eight section of the newspaper published my suggestion (and my company's name) that Sydney railway escalators should have 'Stand Left' signs to allow those who wished to catch trains to bypass those who wanted to stand.

At that time I was unaware that such signs existed elsewhere overseas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.144.97.111 (talk) 03:18, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Idiotic study
When a station is super busy, also the walking on the escalators stops, for the same reason why roads go into traffic jam: every individual speed variation downwards immediately brakes everybody behind, while individual speedups take longer to propagate backwards. This study (and the way is it cited) is an idiotic nonsense, mixing up effect and causation. From the website referenced (which cites the original report) : “Greater throughputs are seen on escalators 6 and 7 when there is a low proportion of passengers walking up the escalators” Yes of course! When an escalator comes close to its max capacity, you cannot walk up any more! --129.13.137.114 (talk) 16:06, 16 December 2018 (UTC)