Comments on: The Bus Bench Goes After Broken Escalators http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/ los angeles transit oriented lifestyle Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sammy http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/comment-page-1/#comment-294011 sammy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:00:31 +0000 http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/#comment-294011 Whatever the reason, it's pathetic. I lived in Ukraine for a year, a country still struggling out of its post-soviet funk, and the escalators at the metro stations kept working there day after day, with barely a hiccup. LA doesn't come close to comparing to the level of service. Whatever the reason, it’s pathetic. I lived in Ukraine for a year, a country still struggling out of its post-soviet funk, and the escalators at the metro stations kept working there day after day, with barely a hiccup. LA doesn’t come close to comparing to the level of service.

]]> By: FredCamino http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/comment-page-1/#comment-293367 FredCamino Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:15:37 +0000 http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/#comment-293367 Punk kidz. That makes sense. Big red buttons that you are not supposed to touch will obviously get touched. Even the BusTard makes note of the restart phenomenon by a custodial personnel on Jan. 10: <blockquote>Thursday found three stations along the former Red Line with dead escalators. Unfortunately, as I were prepping the camera to record the lifeless "lift" at Wilshire-Vermont, the station custodian came along and pressed a little button beneath the rubber handrail and—whammo!—she and her three-wheeled garbage can were taken to the street.</blockquote> Punk kidz. That makes sense. Big red buttons that you are not supposed to touch will obviously get touched. Even the BusTard makes note of the restart phenomenon by a custodial personnel on Jan. 10:

Thursday found three stations along the former Red Line with dead escalators. Unfortunately, as I were prepping the camera to record the lifeless “lift” at Wilshire-Vermont, the station custodian came along and pressed a little button beneath the rubber handrail and—whammo!—she and her three-wheeled garbage can were taken to the street.

]]> By: Kymberleigh Richards http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/comment-page-1/#comment-293359 Kymberleigh Richards Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:43:45 +0000 http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/#comment-293359 As someone who carries a set of keys to restart Metro Rail escalators, I can tell you that Shawn is correct. I have actually seen the dorks do it (and boy are they surprised when I take out my keys and immediately restart it). There is one other factor, which may be triggered by dorky teens or other idiots: If someone kicks the side panel near where it protects the side of the steps in just the right way, it trips a safety switch stopping the escalator. If that happens, my key will not restart it and Mitsubishi techs have to come take apart the side panels to reset the switch. (This may seem like insider information, but I am told by Mitsubishi that it is standard on all escalators and is apparently already well-known by dorks and idiots.) And, to satisfy everyone's curiosity, here is a partial list of people who carry escalator keys ... Sheriff's deputies Metro Rail supervisors and management Private security officers at the stations Station clean-up personnel Roger Snoble ... and one Governance Councilmember :) As someone who carries a set of keys to restart Metro Rail escalators, I can tell you that Shawn is correct. I have actually seen the dorks do it (and boy are they surprised when I take out my keys and immediately restart it).

There is one other factor, which may be triggered by dorky teens or other idiots: If someone kicks the side panel near where it protects the side of the steps in just the right way, it trips a safety switch stopping the escalator. If that happens, my key will not restart it and Mitsubishi techs have to come take apart the side panels to reset the switch. (This may seem like insider information, but I am told by Mitsubishi that it is standard on all escalators and is apparently already well-known by dorks and idiots.)

And, to satisfy everyone’s curiosity, here is a partial list of people who carry escalator keys …

Sheriff’s deputies
Metro Rail supervisors and management
Private security officers at the stations
Station clean-up personnel
Roger Snoble
… and one Governance Councilmember :)

]]> By: Shawn http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/comment-page-1/#comment-293319 Shawn Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:00:08 +0000 http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/#comment-293319 I think that it's reasonable to assume that many of the stopped escalators are from dorky teens hitting the emergency stop. When you exit a station and escalator after escalator is stopped I'd almost guarantee that's what happened. I think that happens quite often. I think that it’s reasonable to assume that many of the stopped escalators are from dorky teens hitting the emergency stop. When you exit a station and escalator after escalator is stopped I’d almost guarantee that’s what happened. I think that happens quite often.

]]> By: aaron http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/comment-page-1/#comment-293263 aaron Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:18:28 +0000 http://metroriderla.com/2008/01/18/the-bus-bench-goes-after-broken-escalators/#comment-293263 What baffles me is how they can have this problem over escalators but largely not elevators. Save for the pesky left-side elevator at Wilshire/Vermont, they work far more frequently than those of any other city I've lived in. Having said that, if any guerrilla repair technicians would like to sneak into Wilshire/Vermont in the middle of the night to fix that stupid thing, I'll gladly provide donuts and coffee. I don't get why that one stays out and every other elevator in the system is quickly fixed. What baffles me is how they can have this problem over escalators but largely not elevators. Save for the pesky left-side elevator at Wilshire/Vermont, they work far more frequently than those of any other city I’ve lived in.

Having said that, if any guerrilla repair technicians would like to sneak into Wilshire/Vermont in the middle of the night to fix that stupid thing, I’ll gladly provide donuts and coffee. I don’t get why that one stays out and every other elevator in the system is quickly fixed.

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