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		sedan_baklazhan 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LA Metro has some of the slowest escalators All ex-USSR subway escalators are much faster (hence better) than Western ones. This is fun, because Soviet escalators were essentially copied from British escalators when the Moscow subway was constructed.
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sedan_baklazhan 8 days ago [–]

When you are not comparing them with the Western subways, they still seem slow to ride. And people walk or run down and up all the time.

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