TRAIN STATIONS, US
One can’t designate any one escalator as “the narrowest”, as escalators roughly 16 inches (40 cm) wide were a standard size back in the day. Often installed by department stores and at transit stations, these narrow escalators made side-by-side riding impossible and, given America’s skyrocketing obesity rate, would prove to be a challenge for a growing number of horizontally-challenged riders.
One can’t designate any one escalator as “the narrowest”, as escalators roughly 16 inches (40 cm) wide were a standard size back in the day. Often installed by department stores and at transit stations, these narrow escalators made side-by-side riding impossible and, given America’s skyrocketing obesity rate, would prove to be a challenge for a growing number of horizontally-challenged riders.
