An inclined moving sidewalk at Beaudry metro station in Montreal - This article or section should be merged with escalator.
A moving sidewalk, moving walkway, slidewalk, travelator, travellator or trav-o-lator is a slow speed conveyor belt to transport people; they can walk along it or stand; it is like a horizontal escalator. They are often applied in pairs, one for each direction. Moving sidewalk at Beaudry metro station in Montreal - personal snapshot by Montréalais. ...
Moving sidewalk at Beaudry metro station in Montreal - personal snapshot by Montréalais. ...
Escalators at Westminster tube station, London An escalator is a conveyor transport device to transport people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move up or down on tracks which keep the surfaces of the individual steps horizontal. ...
A conveyor belt or belt conveyor consists of two end pulleys, with a continuous loop of material that rotates about them. ...
Walking is the main form of animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling. ...
Escalators at Westminster tube station, London An escalator is a conveyor transport device to transport people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move up or down on tracks which keep the surfaces of the individual steps horizontal. ...
They are often used in airports where there is a long distance to walk between terminals, and in metro stations. This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ...
The speed is usually 3 km/h, but there is a high-speed version with a speed of 9 km/h at Gare Montparnasse station in Paris. The interior of the TGV terminal The Gare Montparnasse is a train station located in the Montparnasse area, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. ...
The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
At least one person has been killed by such a system: Sally Baldwin, a professor of the University of York was crushed to death at Tiburtina Station in Rome on 28 October 2003 after a travelator collapsed and she was pulled into the cogwheels. Sally Baldwin, a former University of York professor, was the first person to be killed by an automatic people mover. ...
University of York The University of York (also known as York University) is a campus university in York, England. ...
Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ...
October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...
An inclined moving sidewalk, movator or moving ramp is used in airports and supermarkets to move people to another floor with the convenience of an elevator (people can take along their suitcase trolley or shopping cart) and the capacity of an escalator. The carts have either a brake that is automatically applied when the cart handle is released, or specially designed wheels that secure the cart within the grooves of the ramp, so that it doesn't roll uncontrollably down the ramp. Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ...
A modern elevator has buttons to allow passengers to select the desired floor. ...
A shopping cart/trolley A shopping cart (also called a buggy, or a trolley in British English; sometimes referred to as a carriage or shopping carriage in the U.S. region of New England) is a cart supplied by a shop, especially a supermarket, for use by customers inside the...
For the type of ferns known as brakes, see brake (fern). ...
This article deals with the physical structure, not a [[canal <a href=http://websearch01. ...
Within the United States, the left side of a moving sidewalk is reserved for walking; the right side is for standing. In some other countries this custom is reversed, but not necessarily corresponding with the rules of the road: in London and Hong Kong one stands on the right, in Australia on the left. This article concerns rules of the road regarding land vehicles; for sea-going vehicles, see International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. ...
Greater London and the Regions of England. ...
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The Central-Mid-levels escalator in Hong Kong is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. ...
Escalators at Westminster tube station, London An escalator is a conveyor transport device to transport people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move up or down on tracks which keep the surfaces of the individual steps horizontal. ...
A slidewalk is a fictional moving sidewalk structurally sound enough to support buildings and large populations of travelers. ...
External links - Walkway propels Paris metro into future (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3001182.stm), a BBC article on the high-speed travelator at Gare Montparnasse station in Paris.
- Briton dies in Rome station accident (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3221621.stm), BBC
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