I’ve heard right wing rants then it’s because of homeless people using them as toilets. No idea if it’s true.
It’s stand on the right. Check out this image, for example: https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7775329.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Holborn-Station.jpg
I can’t find a similar image for the travelators at Heathrow but there are plenty of images of people walking on the left and standing on the right on them, and that is the rule.
I like the name Sky Harbor because it goes nicely with the arid nature of that bit of country. They can’t have a regular harbor with boats because it’s a desert, so they have a sky harbor with planes instead.
Oh, and I usually walk on the flatscalators, but if I’m tired or being lazy, I’ll stand to tge right.
Wait a minnit. Taking a dump on a moving escalator is easier than on a stationary one? O-o-o-kay.
I seem to recall riding one at SFO last time I flew back from Ilopongo in 2002. Have they improved since?
Yes of course we have them, we’re so up with the 20th century.
But we stand on the right and walk on the left. At least, anyone who has ever lived in London does, where hogging the escalator is a capital offence. For everyone else, I’m not entirely sure there’s a rule about it.
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Yep. Stand on the right, walk on the left.
I walk on them because I enjoy the sensation of moving faster than normal. It’s fun!
During the few times I stand (because I’m tired, my foot hurts, or whatever), I always press as far to the right as I can so others have room to get by me. Blocking the whole thing is just rude.
Jax airport has two terminals each with an itty bitty moving sidewalk that basically take you from the food court area to the gates. I’ve never seen anyone use them but I guess it would help some folks who tire easily.
galen ubal at #13 was talking about Australia, where the convention is to stand on the left. It’s stand on the right in London.
Hoisted on my own petard. Running through Helsinki airport to catch a flight to Oslo I was clutching my pants so they didn’t fall down. I didn’t have time to put my belt back on.
We made the plane. Pity our luggage didn’t.
Detroit’s McNamara terminal is almost a mile long. After passing through the TSA check, I get dumped at the middle of the terminal. If my gate is halfway down to either end and I’m in a hurry, I get on the walkway and walk at a very brisk pace. If my gate is way down at either end, I’ll take the train that runs the length of the terminal.
I almost always arrive at the airport with plenty of time to spare before my flight, so I’m rarely in any kind of hurry. I often take a particular flight that departs from a gate at the SW end of the terminal. So I get through security, walk to the NW end of the terminal (away from my gate), buy a sandwich, and then walk all the way to the SW end to catch my flight. It’s a good opportunity for physical exercise (prior to sitting motionless for several hours), and it’s also a mildly entertaining mental exercise to navigate around slower pedestrians.
On returning home, the general goal is to get out of the airport as rapidly as possible, so I use the moving walkways and walk at a brisk pace - either to baggage claim, or to my waiting ride.
I hew to a similar policy when arriving/departing other airports.
I walk on them, which effectively shortens the distance I have to walk. I see them as a way to speed up traffic, or to accommodate people who might have trouble walking that distance, but not to accommodate lazy people. Able-bodied people who just park on those are as bad as able-bodied people who push the handicapped button to open doors.
Pushing the handicapped button to open doors when you’re not handicapped? Pure evil.
I googled, because I knew the walking sidewalk at LAX had been there a loooong time. Dallas-Love Field installed theirs in 1958; LAX installed theirs in 1960. There was a nice photo on the site – John Hamm riding along that tiled wall in an episode of Mad Men.
Always walk. It’s a moving sidewalk not a moving standpoint.
Really? At my apartment building, there’s a revolving door and a handicapped door that opens with a button. There’s no way you’re taking a dog or a big suitcase through a revolving door.
I am talking about doors that you can open by pushing, which is true of every door I’ve ever seen that also has a handicap button. (People with both hands busy are exempt from being considered evil.)
I’m a bit mystified why you take such a dim view of this (I was joking).
Only way to get in the front door of my Dad’s ass’d living complex. Side doors at the ends are traditional but the main entrance is handicap button only to get in. Crashbar works for going out.
ETA: my PCP office has the handicap motors kick in and assist when you pull the door to open it.