Originally Posted by
bocastephen
I have yet to see an escalator in Japan or Taiwan where everyone stood in place without walking up one side. Whatever public relations program is trying to teach people to stop walking, I can say it's definitely not working.
When we were in Singapore earlier this summer, people were standing on the left side, and I don’t remember people walking much past us standing. Of course, the escalators there are moving twice as fast as elsewhere, so speedy actually that I’m surprised a seatbelt wasn’t required.