Piano Stairs VS. Escalator

[Michelle]

Thought this was interesting:

In social experiment backed by Volkswagon, stairs to a subway entrance in Stockholm, Sweden were retrofitted to play the notes of a piano with each step taken. According to the video (below) the musical stairwell led to 66% more people than normal to climb the stairs instead of coasting up the escalator.



www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/whats-happening/piano-stairs-encourage-exercise-over-escalator/

[Kat]

That is cool. Goes to show how many people are capable of doing the stairs who don't.

[amandajoyce]

That's cool.

I don't like escalators though. I'm always paranoid that part of my clothing is going to get stuck in them or something. I know, it's irrational. I try to always take the stairs.

[Kat]

May 21, 2010 8:23:31 GMT -5 amandajoyce said:

That's cool.

I don't like escalators though. I'm always paranoid that part of my clothing is going to get stuck in them or something. I know, it's irrational. I try to always take the stairs.

My grandmother fell on one once. It was turned off at the top and she'd just gotten to the top when she tripped and fell with her shin against the top step which was sticking upward as it curved to come out of the inside of the machine. It was really serious (plus she was in china at the time). When it healed she had an permanent dent in her leg about half an inch deep.