elevators

But what of the people who think a cane is good enough and elevators aren't needed?

Or do they just run alongside modern elevators in buildings where handicapped accessibility is a requirement?

The Hitachi version is interesting because it incorporates the behaviour one expects from standard elevators, at the cost of some speed.

And the demo doesn't show whether or not they have Doom's dynamic capabilities (that let level builders make things like moving elevators).

In particular, the section simulating elevators is clearer than many high level examples I have seen of similar complexity.

I don't think their riders would feel trapped the way I sometimes do in slow, busy elevators.

True, and same with the button to keep the door open in elevators.

Just search on youtube for bird strike, and you'll see lots of smashed windshields, jets losing engines, damaged elevators, etc.

The economics of rent in Manhattan would change dramatically if the island were rebuilt using modern technologies (chiefly: elevators and the taller buildings they enable).

Expect something like 4 20-person elevators for typical stops, to maybe 16 for an inner-city transfer station, and you can move 50-200 people per minute.

Too many people and elevators don't operate continuously as escalators do.

Or those who think that elevators and canes are enough?

If it was indeed "Time for Germany's Doorless Elevators to Move On", WSJ wouldn't have felt the need to phrase it as a question.

> “The paternoster is the VW-beetle of elevators.

I don't think I agree with " If in a high-rise building, stay away from windows and outside walls, stay out of elevators, and get under a table.

Elevators and the numbers of bodies you need to move with mass transit really aren't amenable.

Elevators can and do accelerate drastically when moving long distances.