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  2. Moving walkway - Wikipedia

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    Moving walkway inside the Changi Airport station of the Singapore MRT. A moving walkway, also known as an autowalk, [1] moving pavement, [2] moving sidewalk, [3] people-mover, travolator, [4] or travelator (British English), [5] is a slow-moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane over a short to medium distance. [6]

  3. Rue de l'Avenir - Wikipedia

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    The moving sidewalk was a very popular and useful attraction, given the large size of the Exposition. It consisted of a fixed platform and two mobile platforms, on a viaduct 7 metres (23 ft) above the ground level, that covered a 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) loop around the exhibition site with nine stations.

  4. Moving Sidewalks - Wikipedia

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    Moving Sidewalks were an American rock band formed in 1966 from Houston, Texas. [1] They released several singles and an album, before bassist Don Summers and keyboardist Tom Moore were drafted into the army, bringing the band to an end. Vocalist/guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Dan Mitchell then formed band ZZ Top.

  5. Sidewalk - Wikipedia

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    The sidewalk is separated from the main street by six bollards in front of the building. Raised wooden sidewalk by a dirt road, Staten Island, N.Y., early 20th century. Sidewalks have operated for at least 4,000 years. [14] The Greek city of Corinth had sidewalks by the 4th-century BC, and the Romans built sidewalks – they called them ...

  6. Sacramento International Airport breaks ground on pedestrian ...

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    The pedestrian walkway will include moving sidewalks, escalators and public art pieces inside a skybridge that officials say will allow for a smoother experience at the Sacramento International ...

  7. Escalator - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the passenger had to step off sideways. To facilitate this, at the top or bottom of the escalator the steps continued moving horizontally beyond the end of the handrail (like a miniature moving sidewalk) until they disappeared under a triangular "divider" which guided the passenger to either side.

  8. Column: LA's cracked, ruptured sidewalks are a scandal. Where ...

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    An audit of L.A.'s scandalous response to broken sidewalks put the service call backlog at 50,000, but there is no long-range plan in place to make those fixes Column: LA's cracked, ruptured ...

  9. History of road transport - Wikipedia

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    The history of road transport started with the development of tracks by humans and their beasts of burden. Antiquity. The first forms of road transport were pack ...