Commuting By Escalator
A system of escalators in Hong Kong, installed in 1993 to create a new connection between districts, has become an unusual and popular way to commute Hong Kong's steep streets.
The neighborhood the escalator runs through is called Mid-levels.
From the BBC web page: "The Central-Mid-levels system consists of twenty escalators and three moving walkways - and it runs in one direction in the morning, and another in the afternoon."
Video on the BBC website, featuring a lot of footage of the escalator and the "transit-oriented developments" that face it.
Thanks to Adriana
Published on Sunday, January 10, 2010 in
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