In Japan, a ‘Stop and Stand Squad’ aims to reduce accidents on escalators

In Japan, a ‘Stop and Stand Squad’ aims to reduce accidents on escalators

Team members are paid for six hours a day to prevent people from walking up escalators in train stations and other areas in Nagoya.

The city of Nagoya, Japan, has started paying people to stand still during work hours. For years, Japan has had a code of conduct for riding escalators. In Tokyo and other eastern cities, if the escalator is wide enough for two people to pass each other, the rule is to stand on the left side and walk up/down on the right. In Osaka and other western cities, the position is reversed, but the general rule is the same. However, in recent years, auth…