Montreal metro- Smart escalators

[Baz1128]

Because americans are wasteful. duh why would u as that

[maitremtl]

Interesting concept, but I'm not clear why they just slow down instead of STOPPING... in Berlin, all escalators start and stop when people get on/off.

[Twinman2]

I guess it depends on the energy-efficiency level that you want to reach. Besides, many escalators don't stop completely because of mechanical wear that occurs every time a high voltage jump starts the device. The sudden acceleration that would result could also represent a safety risk for users.

[sgccgi]

That's a good reason... but it seems the German have found a way to do it, the acceleration/deceleration is very smooth and risk-free for users.

[rebzugo]

is this snowdon metro? i've never noticed that before...

[mtldude6969]

Yup, Snowdon.

[duckjock]

It's pretty common now on most new installations as an energy saving feature. Neat though eh??

[SpitfireHarold]

is this true ?

[task514]

For real??! shit its been a while I didn't take the metro..