This picture shows a portion pf the mid-levels escalators in Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong is extremely hilly, this series of escalators and moving sidewalks is designed to carry people up and down the steep hills to get them both to and from work. The system consists of three moving sidewalks and 22 escalators, running for a total distance of around 1/2 mile. This is the longest outdoor escalator sytem in the world, rising 443 feet over the total run. More than 55,000 people use the escalators every day and the system actually reverses direction twice a day. It runs downhill from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM and back uphill from 10:30 AM till midnight. There are a lot of restaurants and other servcies running next to the escalators so in addition to providing basic transportation its become a major tourist attraction that's a lot of fun and pretty cool to see.
Those things would remain functional in America for about....two days
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