Is escalator etiquette in Japan about to change?The established custom of standing to one side and keeping the other side open for people in a hurry is being called into question by those who want to make moving stairways safer.As next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics approach, a campaign spearheaded by the Tokyo Physical Therapy Association is gaining traction to get users to stay put amid a spate of accidents involving escalators and concerns raised by persons with disabilities that they feel unsafe using them.Many advocates of the change argue that escalators were never designed for…READ FULL ARTICLE
