據(jù)Spring Hill Insider報道，近日，倫敦交通局官員宣布取消之前在霍爾本地鐵站要求乘客在搭乘自動扶梯時，必須站在自動扶梯臺階左右兩側(cè)的做法。霍爾本地鐵站是全倫敦最繁忙的地鐵站之一。這個做法由倫敦交通局發(fā)起，通過擴音器和在自動扶梯臺階的兩邊都畫上腳印和放映全息影像指引圖，實行了六個月。這個讓乘客站在自動扶梯臺階左右兩側(cè)的做法在實踐中證實了，自動扶梯每分鐘可以裝載151名乘客，且在客流高峰期的有效裝載率可以提高30%，相比之下，沒有相關(guān)要求的自動扶梯只能裝載115名。但是，這樣的做法卻收到了乘客負面的回饋，稱這樣的做法“一點都不像英國人的風格”。在英國，人們搭乘自動扶梯的長期以往的習慣都是要站在電梯右側(cè)，把左側(cè)讓出來給需要在扶梯上行走的人。

LonDON TUBE OFFICIALS SCRAP STANDING-onLY ESCALATOR PLAN

Transport for London (TfL) officials have scrapped an initiative at Holborn Station — one of the London Tube’s busiest — requiring passengers to stand on both sides of the escalator, Spring Hill Insider reports. The six-month pilot program was promoted by TfL staff over megaphones, by footprints painted on both sides of the escalator steps and via an instructional hologram. Although the standing-only escalator carried an average of 151 passengers per min, compared with 115 on an unmarked escalator, and increased capacity by up to 30% at peak times, it received negative feedback from commuters and had been described as “going against everything about being British.” In the U.K., the long-held escalator custom is to stand on the right and walk on the left.