Shanghai Metro doesn't advocate 'walking left and standing right'? Recently, the latest edition of Shanghai Metro escalator riding instructions has been released. There is no advocacy of 'walking left and standing right' in the eight instructions. The first one is to prohibit walking on escalators. So on the escalator, there are people standing on both sides to keep the balance of the escalator, but it is very difficult to change people's daily habits.
According to the Shanghai Metro Operation Center, the "notice" is based on national standards. For safety reasons, passengers are not allowed to walk on escalators. It is true that Shanghai Metro does not advocate "left running and right standing". For a long time, the whole city has not advocated "left running and right standing". It is not just the metro. ".
As a matter of fact, since 2012, Shanghai, which once vigorously promoted the slogan of "walking on the left and standing on the right" during the World Expo, has stopped mentioning this slogan. People in the industry believe that walking on the escalator is easy to lose balance, causing accidents and uneven distribution of gravity, increasing the probability of escalator damage.
On the spot visit: many passengers are still standing on the right
On the morning of April 9, surging journalists came to Changping Road subway station and Jing'an Temple subway station of Shanghai Metro Line 7 to visit the situation of passengers after the release of the new elevator instructions.
In the above two subway stations, the reporter found that 'escalator instructions' had been posted beside the elevator. The platform broadcast repeatedly said' please hold the handrail tightly, don't look at the mobile phone, pay attention to the safety of your feet '. There was no clear indication not to' walk left and stand right ', but in the newly posted notice beside the escalator, it was clear' no walking or running '.
Around 9:30 am, Changping Road station, after the subway train arrives, passengers rush to the elevator. The reporter observed that most of the passengers are still used to 'walking left and standing right'.
A station attendant on duty at Changping Road subway station told the reporter that a few years ago, the subway advocated "standing on the left and on the right". At that time, many platforms with large passenger flow had volunteers who would remind passengers to "stand on the left and on the right" when taking the escalator. But now, in the internal training of the subway, it has been emphasized that "walking left and standing right" is not advocated. One reason is that it is not safe to walk on the escalator, and the other is that "walking left and standing right" will speed up the wear and tear of the elevator. At the same time, the station attendant said frankly, but now many passengers are used to walking on the left and it is difficult to change.
Around 10 o'clock, the reporter came to Jing'an Temple subway station again, and found that when the passenger flow is large, most passengers can keep standing on both sides of the elevator, and there is no left road vacant, so they can not walk on the elevator. But when the elevator is not too crowded, most passengers will still walk on the left side of the elevator and stand on the right side.
The reporter interviewed a number of passengers at the subway station at random and divided their views into two groups.
Ms. Yu, a passenger, said frankly that when there are not many people, it's OK to let one way out of the elevator, but there are many people in the rush hour of the subway. As soon as we arrive at the station, we all rush to take the escalator. At this time, it's hard to do 'walking left and standing right'. It's not safe to walk on the elevator when people are crowded. '
There are also passengers who say frankly that they are in a hurry. They can take the stairs on foot. "The escalator is still standing honestly, safe. '
However, some passengers believe that when there are too many people, the 'left-hand line and right-hand line' can speed up the traffic speed and alleviate the congestion.
Others say that they are used to "walking left and standing right" and can't change it for a while.
Another netizen mentioned that the notice issued by Shanghai Metro is to pay attention to safety, not to be blocked at the elevator entrance. "It's easy to be blocked at the elevator entrance, but also to bump into people." this netizen thinks that this is the key point, and it's more important than discussing whether to "walk left and stand right.".
Shanghai Metro: it's been a long time since we advocated 'walking left and standing right'
In view of the new version of the elevator instructions, the surging news reporter interviewed the relevant person in charge of the subway operation center.
The person in charge of the Shanghai Metro Operation Center said that the eight "notes" are based on national standards. For safety reasons, passengers are forbidden to walk on the escalator. It is the most correct way for passengers to hold the handrail and stand up and down steadily.
Another person in charge of the Shanghai Metro operator said that Shanghai Metro really does not advocate "left-hand and right-hand", and "the city has not advocated" left-hand and right-hand "for a long time, not just the metro.".
As a matter of fact, since 2012, Shanghai, which once vigorously promoted the slogan of "walking on the left and standing on the right" during the World Expo, has stopped mentioning this slogan.
According to a previous report by the Oriental Morning Post, at the 2012 Shanghai People's suggestion Collection Forum, some people proposed to advocate escalators to "hold on to the handrails" and cancel the "left running and right standing" proposal. Shen Weimin, spokesman of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of quality supervision, also said publicly that "standing on the right side while walking on the left" is not necessarily conducive to the balance of elevator parts, so we should make corresponding discussion from the perspective of safety.
In 2006, Su Tingbi, assistant professor of architecture at City University of Hong Kong and scientific consultant of Hong Kong International Association of Elevator Engineers, wrote an article, which pointed out that "walking on the left and standing on the right" is actually a trap, leaving a passage to encourage passengers to walk on the elevator, and ignoring walking on the high-speed escalator is also a high-risk behavior.
Industry insiders believe that walking on the escalator will easily lead to loss of balance, accidents, uneven distribution of gravity and increase the probability of escalator damage. In addition, only standing on one side of the escalator will aggravate the wear of the elevator and increase the difficulty of elevator maintenance.