Should the subway escalator go left and stand right continue to be promoted?

I don't think the subway escalator "left and right" should continue to be promoted.

I went to Shanghai in 2010, and I didn't know how to take the subway at all, but I knew that there was a means of transportation in Shanghai called the subway. Later, my friends in Shanghai took me to take it a few times, and I felt that the subway was really fast and convenient.

Most of Shanghai's subways are underground, and only a few are in the air. Some subways are dozens of meters away from the ground. I passed a few stops, and the escalators were so steep that they felt like they were going straight up and down.

For example, Nanjing Road, Hailun Road, and Hongkou Football Stadium elevators are particularly steep.

Standing still on the escalator, my heart was pounding. I feel like I'm going to be planted, and I'm afraid of heights, so I hold the handrails tightly every time. In this environment, there are many office workers who are in a hurry and walk on the escalator. Some even trotted with them.

At that time, I saw that both sides of the elevator were written "left and right", and I thought, why is this like this, it is very unsafe. It should be to hold on to the handrails and pay attention to safety.

Once, when I was at work, I was standing on an escalator and a lot of people walked past me. Especially in winter, I wear a lot of clothes, and when I ride the escalator, I am often hit by others. In case you are not careful, you will fall, who will pay for this responsibility.

Is it the person who hit someone, or the elevator company, or the subway? If something like this happens one day, I'm guess it's going to be playing ball again.

Some have two people standing side by side, and they will be scolded. Say, standing here in the way of others, and I don't know how to stand on the side. Since this is an elevator, you should pay attention to safety. If you think someone else is delaying your time, you can go up the stairs

The person who hits someone will say, "You wrote on the escalator, go left and stand right." There's nothing wrong with me doing that.

The elevator company said that there was an accident, and it was not the fault of my elevator. It has nothing to do with me.

The subway company also said that this has nothing to do with our subway company. The escalator is not ours, the wrestling is not because the ground is slippery, and it is not our staff who pushed you.

In the end, you will say that you are unlucky.

So I don't feel the need to continue to advocate "left and right", since I am taking the elevator, I just want to save effort. If you're really in a hurry, there are stairs next to the elevator, so you can walk there. For the personal safety of others, but also for my own personal safety, I stood there after getting on the elevator.

Just grab the escalator, there's no need to run around the crowd anymore.

If you're in a hurry, you can go out early, but you're in a hurry, and it's not good if something goes wrong.

After several elevator accidents, all subway stations and shopping malls in Shanghai have put horns next to the escalators. The main thing to say, go up and down the stairs, pay attention to safety, and hold on to the handrails. The former "left and right" can no longer be seen.

In some countries and regions, when taking escalators, it is indeed required"Stand on the right and rush on the left", but"Left row and right stand"The way will make the elevator bear the unbalanced pressure for a long time, so that the right side of the elevator is seriously tilted, affecting the life of the elevator and increasing the risk.

Guangzhou Metro released on April 21 through the official WeChat, according to a group of domestic subway statistics: about 95% of the escalator right step chain is obviously more serious than the left side of the wear and tear, resulting in a slight tilt of the step, and the wear and tear of the baffle and comb plate on both sides of the step is intensified.

Escalators are designed with the maximum load capacity in mind for long periods of time to withstand unbalanced pressure"Left row and right stand"It will indeed cause some parts of the escalator to withstand excessive fatigue impact, shorten the life of the equipment, and make the escalator fail frequently.

In addition, it is not scientific to leave one side of the escalator for passage because it is not safe to walk around on the escalator. The step height of the escalator is not the same as the step height of the general staircase, the step height of the escalator is 21 cm, which is higher than the height of 15 cm required by the stairs in public places. Passengers are advised not to walk on the escalator as much as possible, and a maximum of two people can stand on one escalator step.

If you are in a hurry, it is safer to pass by stairs and do not walk on the escalator, after all, safety is more important than time.

In recent years, many cities at home and abroad have stopped taking escalators"Left row and right stand"。(Excerpt from: April list of monthly "Science" gossip lists).

1. I think this is also a kind of progress in civilization.

On the one hand, the step distance design of the subway escalator is larger than that of ordinary stairs, and it is not particularly in line with human mechanics and suitable for climbing. Moreover, most of the people who move around in general are those who are in a hurry and in a hurry, and they move very fast, which is equivalent to running. It is dangerous to go up and down stairs quickly in this kind of ergonomic and constantly moving staircase.

Besides, the subway escalator is narrow, and generally only allows two people to stand at the same time, so if you walk around quickly, it is easy to bump into others. Over the years, there have been many news reports of such tragedies.

On the other hand, from the perspective of the life of the subway itself, the escalator on the left and the right side is worn out more seriously, after all, there are many people at the station, and often when the escalator on the right side is worn out, the escalator on the left side is actually nothing at all. However, changing the escalator needs to be replaced on both sides at the same time, so this is a great waste of cost.

In fact, walking on the left and standing on the right, this is not very useful on the subway escalator. At peak times, a large number of people are crowded together, and it is impossible to stand left and right, and at low front, it is useless to stand left and right, because there are not many people.

So, after the abolition of the left line and right stand, what about those who are in a hurry and have urgent matters? Take the stairs. Almost all subways have staircase passages, and most of these stairs are spacious, and the gradient of the steps is not so high, so it is not dangerous to run quickly on them.

In addition, if something happens, the harm caused is not as great as that on the elevator.

Taking the escalator to the left and standing on the right, this "international convention" is as deeply rooted in the hearts of each of us as if we cannot walk in the wrong direction. We may even regard whether or not we live up to this principle as a criterion of whether or not a person is polite. It is even more important to look at it as whether there is order in a city and as a civilization in a city.

However, now suddenly a Nanjing Metro official said that the subway escalator no longer advocates left and right, the reason is that "about 95% of the right side of the escalator is seriously worn, and it is no longer advocated to 'left and right', and it is more important to stand firm and hold well!" ”

In fact, as early as 2015, the official Weibo of Nanjing Metro issued an initiative, "no longer advocate 'left and right', only advocate 'stand firm and hold well', and do not walk fast on the escalator to avoid falling and causing harm." At present, all subway stations in Nanjing no longer issue voice reminders of "left and right".

This is also something that will indeed happen, a large group of people will always stand on the right, there will definitely be a lot of pressure on the subway escalator, over time, the right side of the escalator will be easy to wear and tear, and even the right side will be warped, endangering the life and health safety of passengers. Some netizens think that this is indeed the case, and if there is something urgent to take the stairs, it will not be more than ten seconds.

However, there are also objections, saying: "It is a common social rule for escalators to pass on the left, and reasonable rules generally do not become the source of problems, and only failure to comply with this rule will lead to accidents." The escalator incident that has occurred in recent years is not because of walking on the escalator, but precisely because of the quality of the escalator itself, which is caused by the negligent maintenance of the escalator.

But my personal opinion is that the one that suits the national conditions of the country is the best, do not blindly believe in the civilization of Western countries, the Chinese population base is so large, if it is still empty in some peak periods, it is simply a waste of time and resources. And all politeness and civility must be built on the basis of passenger safety, if there is a threat, the safety of passengers' lives, why should we stick to it?

Once upon a time, when taking an escalator, it was a civilized etiquette for everyone to stand on the right side and leave the left side to pedestrians in a hurry. However, according to Guangzhou Metro, the maintenance inventory of the escalator found that about 95% of the right side of the escalator step chain was obviously more serious than the wear on the left side, resulting in a slight tilt of the step, and the wear and tear of the baffle and comb plate on both sides of the step was intensified.

According to the escalator maintenance professionals, although the maximum load capacity of the escalator is considered to withstand the unbalanced pressure for a long time, the "left and right" will indeed cause the local parts of the escalator to bear too much fatigue impact, shorten the life of the equipment, and make the escalator frequently fail. In addition, in the safety tips issued by the authoritative department, it is not scientific to set aside one side of the escalator to pass, because it is very unsafe to walk on the escalator, and it is recommended that passengers try not to walk, and there are up to two people standing on one escalator step.

Guangzhou Metro reminds that the step height of the escalator is not the same as the step height of the staircase, the step height of the escalator is 21 cm, which is higher than the height of 15 cm required by the stairs in public places. Therefore, from the perspective of safe travel, when taking the escalator, please hold the handrail and stand firm, and pay attention to the safety of your feet. If you are in a hurry, it is safer to pass by stairs.

<> in our traditional impression, the common way to use escalators is:

The escalator for those standing is on the right, and the one on the left is for those who are walking (in a hurry). This seems to have become the default rule for daily use of elevators.

But recently, the Guangzhou Metro Group publicly released information that it no longer advocates pedestrians to "walk left and right" on escalators.

Why is this new policy coming?

Originally, it was considered from the perspective of eliminating potential safety hazards.

The long-term "left and right" brings uneven force to the escalator, resulting in the force on the right side is much greater than that on the left side. Affect the service life of the escalator. Therefore, for security reasons, this policy of political source division was abolished.

If you are in a hurry, you can choose to take the stairs (the subway generally sets up a staircase between the two escalators).

Of course, due to the propaganda of the "left line and right stand" line in recent years, everyone has tacitly accepted that this is a civilized habit. Therefore, it will take some time for hail occlusion to fundamentally change this habit of use.

In addition to the adjustment of relevant policies, it may also be necessary for the subway to cooperate with staff to guide the new circulation line to help users get familiar with the new circulation line faster.

In addition, we can also refer to what measures other cities have taken to implement relevant policies that are worth learning and learning from. According to the MTR's official website, since 2010, the Hong Kong MTR has replaced the previous advocacy of "walking left and standing still" with "holding the handrail and determining (holding the handrail and standing still)".

Abroad, the propaganda of "left and right" is also changing. In 2006, the Toronto Transportation Commission removed 294 "left-right" signs in response to the unsafe nature of "left-right" signs. Japan and South Korea also no longer advocate "walking on the left and standing on the right".

For a long time, we have a concept that the escalator should be on the right station, and now the Guangzhou Metro no longer advocates the escalator to the right station, many people began to speculate, thinking that the quality of the elevator is not good, in fact, it is not, mainly to prevent the escalator from being unevenly stressed, increasing the risk of accidents. <>

I have to take the Guangzhou subway to work every day, when I usually take the escalator, we can see that most people are standing on the right, and there are indeed relatively few people standing on the left, some people in a hurry will walk quickly from the left side, and sometimes even hit the people standing in front of them, such things can be seen every day in the metropolis of Guangzhou.

There are three main reasons why Guangzhou Metro no longer advocates the right station of the escalator:

1. A large number of passengers standing on the right side of the escalator will lead to uneven stress on the escalator and increase the risk of accidents. According to the data provided by Guangzhou Metro Group, more than ninety percent of the escalator maintenance work is a problem on the right side of the escalator, and the wear and tear on the right side is more serious than that on the left. Although it is not so easy to see the escalator tilting to the right side, the fact is that the right side is more seriously worn and tilted to the right, which affects the service life of the escalator.

2. Leaving the left side of the escalator for pedestrians to walk on will increase the risk of accidents. When we take the escalator, we will find that sometimes someone from behind suddenly comes up quickly, regardless of the person in front of us, and accidentally bumps into our arm, if we are not prepared at the time, it is easy to be hit. It is especially dangerous when the person standing on the right is holding a large item.

It is recommended that pedestrians in a hurry take the stairs or take the elift.

3. It is no longer advisable to stand on the right side of the escalator, which can increase the capacity of the escalator. Due to the civilized behavior of standing on the right side in the past, many people habitually only stand on the right, and we will see that there will be a gap on the left. For a place with a large amount of subway, guiding passengers to pass quickly is the key, and the rapid passage of passengers depends on the capacity of the escalator.

Previously it was only a person standing on the right, but now it is possible to stand on the left, which increases the capacity of the escalator and allows passengers to pass more quickly.

No longer advocating the escalator to stand on the right is not only related to the life of the escalator, but also related to the safety of each of our passengers.