An inclined moving sidewalk at Beaudry metro station in Montreal
A moving sidewalk, moving walkway, 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.
They are often used in airports where there is a long distance to walk between terminals, and in metro stations.
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.
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 October2003 after a travelator collapsed and she was pulled into the cogwheels.
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.
In determining where to go on a moving sidewalk in the United States, the left side is for walking and the right side is for standing. A memory aid you can use is that "walk" and "left" have 4 letters and "stand" and "right" have 5 letters. 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.
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
A muddy track and a blistering pace helped Our Sugar Bear Stable's Travelator to a head victory over Sensibly Chic in the $80,900 Garland of Roses Handicap for fillies and mares at six furlongs Saturday at Aqueduct.
Sent off at better than 8-1, Travelator closed along the inside for jockey Norberto Arroyo to get the nod in 1:10 3/5.
Travelator earned $48,345 for her owner and returned $19.60, $7.00 and $4.30.
mix that with your travelator and we finally have a solution for the dullness of scottish football.
The travelator is made from a coarse rubber sheet.
If the home side had control of the travelator speed they could use it to dastardly effect: the opposition run off to grab the ball for a quick throw-in, and you simply speed up the travelator catapulting them off their feet.
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