Signage encouraging commuters to stand on both sides of escalator seen at City Hall MRT station: 'Ease the flow'
New signage at the City Hall MRT station in Singapore encourages commuters to stand on both sides of the escalators. This approach seeks to ease the flow of people moving through the station. The signs are located near the exit leading to the Raffles City shopping mall. They feature the SMRT logo and a cartoon image of station staff. The posters use the phrase "Share a step, ease the flow." This differs from the common practice of leaving the right side open for those walking. Some netizens have expressed support for this change on Reddit.
In Singapore, the unspoken escalator etiquette dictates that the left side is for standing, and the right for those in a hurry to walk up quickly.Is it time for this system to change?At City Hall MRT station, signages are nudging commuters to stand still on both sides of the escalator, a Reddit post on Oct 29 said.The signboards were placed near the escalators at the station exit leading to Raffles City shopping mall, reported The Straits Times on Friday (Nov 6)."Share a step, ease the flow," read a poster printed on a life-sized standee of a cartoon station staff.The signs are labelled with the SMRT logo.Singapore-based netizens on Reddit supported the movement for reasons including improved efficiency, crowd control and safety.But escalator users on Nov 6 continued to stand on the left side, according to The Straits Times.Over the past decade, various cities worldwide have similarly campaigned for people to kick the habit of standing only on one side of the escalator.