LA Metro has some of the slowest escalators on Earth

LA Metro has some of the slowest escalators on Earth(basin.la)

10 points by big_toast 2 days ago | 4 comments

talon8635 8 minutes ago |

Decades of fecal matters gumming up the gears

Neywiny 15 minutes ago |

The longest escalators in the Eastern hemisphere, at Wheaton Metro, which I've ridden many times, are apparently the same speed according to Wikipedia. So my gut feeling of maybe they did that because maybe they're short doesn't hold

amelius 9 minutes ago |

That's what smartphoness are for ...

big_toast 2 days ago |

LA: 0.46 meters/s (1 mph)

Hong Kong: 0.75 meters/s (1.7 mph)

Kyiv: 0.9 meters/s (2 mph)

Kinda slower than I expected in general. I assume the speed is mostly dictated by boarding/alighting safety.

Animats 35 seconds ago | |

Kyiv subway stations are also air raid shelters.[1] They may have decided that running the escalators fast to get people to safety is worth the risk.

[1] https://visitkyiv.com/visitor-essentials/kyiv-shelter-map/