Escalator
noun
A moving staircase that you stand on to go up or down to different levels in a building.
He was too tired to take the stairs, so he took the escalator instead.
Often appears as...
- ride an escalator
- stand on the escalator
noun
A moving staircase that you stand on to go up or down to different levels in a building.
He was too tired to take the stairs, so he took the escalator instead.
Often appears as...
- ride an escalator
- stand on the escalator
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Public Transit
Escalators are common in public places like airports and subway stations to help with foot traffic.
She used the escalator to reach the train platform quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Directional Use
Escalators move in one direction, but most locations have a pair for going both up and down.
The escalator going up was crowded, but the one going down was empty.
Pro Tip 3/3Stay Right
In many countries, it's customary to stand on the right and walk on the left on escalators.
Tourists often forget to stand on the right on the escalator, blocking those in a hurry.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Transit
Escalators are common in public places like airports and subway stations to help with foot traffic.
She used the escalator to reach the train platform quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Directional Use
Escalators move in one direction, but most locations have a pair for going both up and down.
The escalator going up was crowded, but the one going down was empty.
Pro Tip 3/3Stay Right
In many countries, it's customary to stand on the right and walk on the left on escalators.
Tourists often forget to stand on the right on the escalator, blocking those in a hurry.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Transit
Escalators are common in public places like airports and subway stations to help with foot traffic.
She used the escalator to reach the train platform quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Directional Use
Escalators move in one direction, but most locations have a pair for going both up and down.
The escalator going up was crowded, but the one going down was empty.
Pro Tip 3/3Stay Right
In many countries, it's customary to stand on the right and walk on the left on escalators.
Tourists often forget to stand on the right on the escalator, blocking those in a hurry.
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Jay Silver: Hack a...
And as you start to mess around this way, I think that, in some small ways, you do start to see the landscape of your everyday life a little bit more like something you could express yourself with, and a little bit more like you could participate in designing the future of the way the world works. And so next time you're on an escalator
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How to motivate people...
will be very careful to stand on the right-hand side of the escalator so that people can go by on the left. But unfortunately, not everywhere is that the norm, and there's plenty of places where you can just stand on both sides and block the escalator. Obviously, it's better for others when we stand on the right and let them go by,
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4 ways to make a city...
This is a real place. And being a driver can be a bit of a nuisance, and being a pedestrian can be a bit of a nuisance in these places. This is a slide that epidemiologists have been showing for some time now, The fact that we have a society where you drive to the parking lot to take the escalator to the treadmill
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Why is pneumonia so...
called cilia that carry the mucus toward the mouth, where it can be coughed out. But some of these invaders may get past the mucociliary escalator into the lungs, where they meet the alveoli. Because alveoli serve as critical exchange points between the blood and air from the outside world,
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An Election Redesign to...
to make sure that we don't have lines that snake around city blocks outside of polling places. Last summer, I was at my first conference since the start of the pandemic, and I was going up the escalator and I locked eyes with this election official who I absolutely adore.
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Rule Your World: Feet...
all need to exercise but we have those moments in our life where there's a chance to get a little exercise we often ignore it take stairs most of us don't so what we tried to do was change people's default behavior get them to ignore the escalator and take the stairs
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How to live and act (and...
problem with this story of the career escalator it's no longer true it's not true because a networked world is a globally competitive world and we've seen this in persistent unemployment numbers today youth unemployment is at
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These Men Love...
wandering my ex-wife hated the fact that I was a roundabouts button in the end she left me but I don't mind her because I can go out there round about spotting whenever I run I love riding escalators
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How college loans...
There is not a day that goes by without some policy guy on television telling us, "A college degree is absolutely essential to get on that up escalator to a middle-class life."
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How to disrupt...
shotgun shacks or in housing projects in America cities feel like America is cheering them on that they are going to be able to get on the mobility escalator
Video examples
Jay Silver: Hack a...
And as you start to mess around this way, I think that, in some small ways, you do start to see the landscape of your everyday life a little bit more like something you could express yourself with, and a little bit more like you could participate in designing the future of the way the world works. And so next time you're on an escalator
Video examples
How to motivate people...
will be very careful to stand on the right-hand side of the escalator so that people can go by on the left. But unfortunately, not everywhere is that the norm, and there's plenty of places where you can just stand on both sides and block the escalator. Obviously, it's better for others when we stand on the right and let them go by,
Video examples
4 ways to make a city...
This is a real place. And being a driver can be a bit of a nuisance, and being a pedestrian can be a bit of a nuisance in these places. This is a slide that epidemiologists have been showing for some time now, The fact that we have a society where you drive to the parking lot to take the escalator to the treadmill
Video examples
Why is pneumonia so...
called cilia that carry the mucus toward the mouth, where it can be coughed out. But some of these invaders may get past the mucociliary escalator into the lungs, where they meet the alveoli. Because alveoli serve as critical exchange points between the blood and air from the outside world,
Video examples
An Election Redesign to...
to make sure that we don't have lines that snake around city blocks outside of polling places. Last summer, I was at my first conference since the start of the pandemic, and I was going up the escalator and I locked eyes with this election official who I absolutely adore.
Video examples
Rule Your World: Feet...
all need to exercise but we have those moments in our life where there's a chance to get a little exercise we often ignore it take stairs most of us don't so what we tried to do was change people's default behavior get them to ignore the escalator and take the stairs
Video examples
How to live and act (and...
problem with this story of the career escalator it's no longer true it's not true because a networked world is a globally competitive world and we've seen this in persistent unemployment numbers today youth unemployment is at
Video examples
These Men Love...
wandering my ex-wife hated the fact that I was a roundabouts button in the end she left me but I don't mind her because I can go out there round about spotting whenever I run I love riding escalators
Video examples
How college loans...
There is not a day that goes by without some policy guy on television telling us, "A college degree is absolutely essential to get on that up escalator to a middle-class life."
Video examples
How to disrupt...
shotgun shacks or in housing projects in America cities feel like America is cheering them on that they are going to be able to get on the mobility escalator
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Hema Malini
Indian Actress
Mathura railway station should be a blend of heritage look with modernisation like escalator and better waiting rooms for general class passengers. Instead of taking rest on the ground, the passengers in general waiting rooms should be provided benches.
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Pete Burns
English Musician
Surely, marriage is throwing anchor and saying, 'This is where I'm staying. I've made my choice, and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door, and I want to stand still.' That's what I expected.
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Rem Koolhaas
Dutch Architect
When air conditioning, escalators, and advertising appeared, shopping expanded its scale, but also limited its spontaneity. And it became much more predictable, almost scientific. What had once been the most surprising became the most manipulated.
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Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
There are 1,000 videos available, which can help you learn different types of workout. If nothing, then you can just take a walk in your vicinity, go for a jog or even take the stairs instead of lifts and escalators.
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RJ Cyler
American Actor
I don't want to take the escalators. Give me the stairs that have the dips and the two old ladies that are blocking it and they've got an attitude, and they don't want you to go past them.
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Mitch Hedberg
American Comedian
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
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Hideo Kojima
Japanese Designer
I always observe the people who pass by when I ride an escalator. I'll never see most of them again, so I imagine a lot of things about their lives... about the day ahead of them.
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Mohamed Al-Fayed
Egyptian Businessman
I'm building a glass pyramid over the Egyptian escalator where my body will be mummified, so my customers can come and see me forever.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.
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Nicholas Kristof
American Journalist
The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.
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Hema Malini
Indian Actress
Mathura railway station should be a blend of heritage look with modernisation like escalator and better waiting rooms for general class passengers. Instead of taking rest on the ground, the passengers in general waiting rooms should be provided benches.
Quote examples
Pete Burns
English Musician
Surely, marriage is throwing anchor and saying, 'This is where I'm staying. I've made my choice, and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door, and I want to stand still.' That's what I expected.
Quote examples
Rem Koolhaas
Dutch Architect
When air conditioning, escalators, and advertising appeared, shopping expanded its scale, but also limited its spontaneity. And it became much more predictable, almost scientific. What had once been the most surprising became the most manipulated.
Quote examples
Gurmeet Choudhary
Indian Actor
There are 1,000 videos available, which can help you learn different types of workout. If nothing, then you can just take a walk in your vicinity, go for a jog or even take the stairs instead of lifts and escalators.
Quote examples
RJ Cyler
American Actor
I don't want to take the escalators. Give me the stairs that have the dips and the two old ladies that are blocking it and they've got an attitude, and they don't want you to go past them.
Quote examples
Mitch Hedberg
American Comedian
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Quote examples
Hideo Kojima
Japanese Designer
I always observe the people who pass by when I ride an escalator. I'll never see most of them again, so I imagine a lot of things about their lives... about the day ahead of them.
Quote examples
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Egyptian Businessman
I'm building a glass pyramid over the Egyptian escalator where my body will be mummified, so my customers can come and see me forever.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.
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Nicholas Kristof
American Journalist
The best escalator to opportunity in America is education.
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