# Moving walkways: stand or walk?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-stand-or-walk/924157>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-stand-or-walk/924157 "2020-10-28T23:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-stand-or-walk/924157/21 "2020-11-02T21:09:49Z")

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I mostly stand\*. I mean, it’s free motion. How cool is that?

\*Except the few times I’m in jeopardy of being late.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-stand-or-walk/924157/22 "2020-11-02T21:25:02Z")

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I also mostly stand (always to the right and out of the way of walkers). Sometimes it’s a chance to catch my breath, sometimes it’s a chance to check my phone, mostly I’m just lazy. I generally walk faster than the moving walkway, so if I feel like walking I’ll skip it.

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-stand-or-walk/924157/23 "2020-11-02T21:56:00Z")

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I’m in the “walk, unless my legs are really restless after a long flight, in which case I stand” camp.

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-stand-or-walk/924157/24 "2020-11-03T08:58:07Z")

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I walk, fast. I also walk on escalators. I think a couple of decades of living in London has trained me to view walking as a speed event - got somewhere to be! Therefore I’m also one of those people that can’t stand people who amble along sidewalks/pavements. We call it ‘London Rage’.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-stand-or-walk/924157/25 "2020-11-03T10:12:13Z")

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Yeah, but walking along at 7mph (or whatever it comes to) with little effort is even cooler.

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