Journal . n for the proverbial old lady with her basketof apples ? Is it not inconceivable that the 99-9% of London-ers who are agile enough to escape being killed by motor buses,would be unable to mount and dismount from a moving platformtravelling at a walking pace ? It is not yet realised that contin-uous transit is a fully proved and admittedly feasible proposition.*The 3-speed moving platform in public service at the ParisExposition 1900 and subsequent exhibitions carried 12,000,000passengers, who demonstrated their ability to negotiate a speeddifference of 3 miles per hour, at least 72,0
Journal . n for the proverbial old lady with her basketof apples ? Is it not inconceivable that the 99-9% of London-ers who are agile enough to escape being killed by motor buses,would be unable to mount and dismount from a moving platformtravelling at a walking pace ? It is not yet realised that contin-uous transit is a fully proved and admittedly feasible proposition.*The 3-speed moving platform in public service at the ParisExposition 1900 and subsequent exhibitions carried 12,000,000passengers, who demonstrated their ability to negotiate a speeddifference of 3 miles per hour, at least 72,000,000 times withouta single accident. The author explained in his recent paperbefore the Society of Arts,t why the multiple speed movingplatform system has not been generally adopted—it was too * See report of New York City Commission appointed to considerfeasibility of continuous transport. t Journal of The Royal Society of Arts. Vol. XL., No. 3082. LE\^ociETY OF Engineers (Incorporated)February,
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