The High-Speed Moving Walkway (trottoir roulant rapide)

Experimental 185 metre long high speed moving walkway at Montparnasse - Bienvenüe métro station in Paris, France.

At first it operated at 12km/h but too many people were falling over so the speed was reduced to 9km/h. It has been estimated that commuters using a walkway such as this twice a day would save 15 minutes per week and 10 hours a year.

Using this walkway is like using any other moving walkway, except that for safety there are special procedures to follow when joining or leaving.

Staff (seen here in yellow jackets) vet who can use it as you must have at least one hand free to hold the handrail. So, if you are carrying bags, shopping, etc or are infirm you must use the regular walkway to the right.

On entering there is a 10 metre acceleration zone where the 'ground' is a series of metal rollers - you MUST stand still with both feet on these rollers and use one hand to hold the handrail and let it pull you so that you glide over the rollers; the idea being to accelerate you so that you will be travelling fast enough to step onto the moving walkway belt.

Once on the walkway you can stand or walk; there is no special sensation of travelling at speed.

At the exit there is a deceleration zone where again you MUST stand still and let the handrail pull you as you slow down, again whilst gliding over metal rollers. Then you just walk off.

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This clip is hand held, and at times it is a little unsteady. Towards the end of the clip note how the other people leaving the moving walkway stand with both feet firmly on the ground and one hand on the handrail whilst passing through the deceleration zone.

For more information visit these webpages:
http://citytransport.info/Niche.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_walkway
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trottoir_roulant_rapide

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In May 2009 it was announced that because of its unreliability and the number of users having accidents, in 2011 this high-speed moving walkway will be replaced with a standard moving walkway

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[Tomseb11]

fucking advert

[citytransportinfo]

@Tomseb11

youtube is a free service - you dont pay to watch their films, and I dont pay to uplift films.

So the occasional advert is not so terrible.

[TosXMellow]

i want to moon walk.

now!

[citytransportinfo]

@TosXMellow wait a few years and you can. The US already has space-capable aircraft (Gary McKinnon found the evidence when he hacked into NASA and the US Military in 2002) and it is reputed that there are people living there in some luna craters.

[BleakColours]

I'm serious, as soon as you start walking on one of these you feel like an instant boss. Get to the end of it, lose several km/ph from your walking speed, instant depression.

These things made me start cutting again.

[WezleyB]

I would rum as fast as I could. It would be awsome.....

[mubd1234]

If you had more of those acceleration rollers, you could make it a viable public transport alternative.

[DonReba]

@citytransportinfo I would rather pay than see ads.

[sk8er4ever0101]

@letmein71 Hey, eurofag, walk on right stand on left!

[DeLorean4]

I remember going on one of these a few years back. It made me feel invincible.

[hushcolours]

We have one that goes 300 Kms/h.

People get on it, but they don't know if they'll be able to stop at the end

[OPOCHKA]

There is nothing new here.

See Moving sidewalk Paris Expo 1900 Edison on youtube.

[ilovetails123]

fuck me...thats soo fast !

[Ducaz012]

what a waste of energy