What can we learn from Minneapolis?

Made a connection through the Minneapolis airport the other day. One of the more efficient airports, I must say.

But one thing in particular caught my eye - the wording on their moving sidewalks.

I got to wondering - maybe this is what we need on our highways.

Not "Walk / Stand" exactly. But maybe "Pass / Drive"?

Not that I think we should be looking AT the road - we should be looking DOWN the road.

But maybe this would give our brain-dead co-drivers half a clue that they should be OVER THERE!

Actually, the Toronto Airport might learn something here too. They do have a disembodied voice on their moving sidewalks suggesting that passengers stand to the right, and walk on the left. I keep hoping they could add - in both official languages of course - a suggestion along the lines of:

"Oh, and when you're driving home, may we also suggest you follow a similar courtesy to drive on the right and pass on the left"?

Hey - couldn't hurt. Always lots of room in the "Jim-only" lane.

Comments

[John Betmanis]

It's great that they recognize many people would prefer to walk on these moving sidewalks rather than just stand there like bumps on a log. Yes, similar lettering on multi-lane highways would be perfect. But on this subject, I'm disappointed they don't do this on escalators. People just stand anywhere they please, just like they drive on highways, making it impossible for those in a hurry to walk or run up or down. At least that's how it is in North America. When I lived in the UK over 50 years ago, everybody stood on one side on escalators, enabling others to pass.