Conveyor transport

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Conveyor transport is the broad category of transport that includes modes developed from the idea of a conveyor belt. Examples include:

• Conveyor belt
• Escalator
• Moving sidewalk (moving walkway, travelator), including the inclined moving sidewalk (moving ramp)

In Hong Kong, tens of thousands of commuters travel each work day between the Central District (a financial district) and the Mid Levels (a residential district hundreds of feet up Victoria Peak) using a long distance escalator/moving sidewalk combination. It goes only one way at a time; the direction reverses depending on rush hour traffic direction. See Mid-levels#The Central-Mid-Levels Escalator and Transportation in Hong Kong.

See also public transport.

External link

• Picture of Hong Kong Mid-Levels escalator: http://www.gohome.com.hk/District_Photo/23E002.jpg

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Conveyor_transport" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conveyor_transport, used under the GNU Free Documentation License