印度加爾各答附近擬建帶自動扶梯的人行通道

據每日電訊報在6月17日的報道，為保障行人在穿過六車道的主干道的安全，印度當地交通部門官員計劃在繁忙的主干道底下，建造四條帶有自動扶梯的地下通道。盡管主干道設有交通信號燈，從附近IT辦公樓來往的行人還是會寧愿沖刺過馬路，躲避快速行駛的交通工具。而計劃建設的地下通道，將設有四個出入口，可供行人去往不同的方向。地下通道將設在地下約7米的地方，四個出口都配有上行和下行的自動扶梯。該鎮區現有10條地下人行道，但只有一條配有電梯，且僅僅是上行電梯。此次新建的地下人行道將是當地第一條擁有雙向自動扶梯的地下通道。

PASSAGES WITH ESCALATORS PLANNED NEAR KOLKATA, INDIA

In an effort to protect pedestrians crossing the six-lane Major Arterial Road at the Rabindra Thirtha crossing at the Kolkata Gate, Bidhannagar, India, traffic department officials plan to build four escalator-equipped underground passages, or subways, beneath the busy thoroughfare, The Telegraph reported June 17. Though there are signal-equipped crossings, many pedestrians going to and from work at nearby IT offices dart across the road, dodging speeding vehicles. The subways, with four entry/exit points, will offer passage in different directions. They will be approximately 7 m below ground and will have up and down escalators at each end. The township already has 10 subways, but only one of them is equipped with escalators, and these are only upward-traveling units. The new subways will be the first with two-way escalators.