{"id":149864,"date":"2022-11-11T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T06:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=149864&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-14T09:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T00:11:59","slug":"fukuoka-tries-stopping-people-walking-on-escalators","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-tries-stopping-people-walking-on-escalators\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Tries Stopping People Walking on Escalators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Fukuoka, people usually line up on the left side of the escalator, leaving the right side empty for people in a hurry. However, this is a behavior that Fukuoka City Subway was never recommended, especially since 2014 when railroad operators across Japan joined forces to ask passengers to stand in two lines, one on the le<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ft and the other on the right. In Fukuoka City <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subway, 54 escalator accidents have been reported in the past three years, mainly caused by passing from the right side. JR Kyushu and Nishitetsu also call for people to stand in two lines on either side of the escalators for their safety. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/subway.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/topics\/detail.php?id=1671\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fukuoka City Subway<\/a> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=9288291&amp;ymd=2022-11-10\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149860\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_escalator-photoac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C778&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Tries Stopping Stop People Walking on Escalators\" width=\"1400\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_escalator-photoac_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_escalator-photoac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_escalator-photoac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C569&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_escalator-photoac_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-ac.com\/main\/detail\/4296464#goog_rewarded\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo AC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. 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However, this is a behavior that Fukuoka City Subway was never recommended, especially&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":149862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-149864","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/149864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}