據(jù)Spring Hill Insider報(bào)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(dòng)扶梯時(shí)，必須站在自動(dòng)扶梯臺(tái)階左右兩側(cè)的做法?；魻柋镜罔F站是全倫敦最繁忙的地鐵站之一。這個(gè)做法由倫敦交通局發(fā)起，通過擴(kuò)音器和在自動(dòng)扶梯臺(tái)階的兩邊都畫上腳印和放映全息影像指引圖，實(shí)行了六個(gè)月。這個(gè)讓乘客站在自動(dòng)扶梯臺(tái)階左右兩側(cè)的做法在實(shí)踐中證實(shí)了，自動(dòng)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(dòng)扶梯只能裝載115名。但是，這樣的做法卻收到了乘客負(fù)面的回饋，稱這樣的做法“一點(diǎn)都不像英國(guó)人的風(fēng)格”。在英國(guó)，人們搭乘自動(dòng)扶梯的長(zhǎng)期以往的習(xí)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.