LA Metro has some of the slowest escalators on Earth

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LA Metro's dot is the 90 feet a minute its design specifications call for. Hong Kong has some of the fastest escalators in the world, with most MTR station escalators moving people around at 0. 75 meters per second, about 148 feet a minute. The American standard caps escalators at 100 feet a minute, about 0. 508 meters per second. An earlier version said LA Metro’s escalators go 90 feet per minute.

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