Toronto Pearson FAST Moving Walkway
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The Toronto Pearson International Airport has the only express walkways in the world. These are made by Thyssenkrupp and they have made an updated version for display and promotion. In the beginning of the video it shows the walkway moving very slow to save energy when no one is using it. When I step on, the walkway speeds up to the operating speed. ACCEL TurboTrack

The comments say it can run a lot faster, as you’d expect for the added complexity, but they don’t usually use the full speed for liability reasons. I wonder if a version could be made that’s fully enclosed.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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    8 months ago

    Also, now that I think about it, I wonder if you could make a train car pull apart like this, so even if it’s packed at the station the ride could have elbow room.