Can you give me the significance of an overpass having a walkalator?

Answer 1

The goal of the Las Vegas Pedestrian Bridges project was to alleviate traffic congestion at a busy intersection along the Las Vegas strip. Each of the four pedestrian bridges is equipped with stairs, outdoor escalators and elevators. The bridges have benefited pedestrians and motorists alike, providing the former with a safer way to cross the intersection, and the latter with improved traffic flow. Since the pedestrian bridges opened, the number of vehicles using the intersection has increased by nearly 40 percent.

After much study, Clark County officials decided that the only solution to reducing accidents at this intersection that would improve pedestrian and vehicular traffic flow would be to separate the vehicles and pedestrians.

Tunnels were considered, but being enclosed and underground posed extra security risks, so a solution of uncovered walkways over the streets, using escalators and elevators for access, was selected as the best solution.

An elevated pedestrian walkway was constructed across each of the streets where the crosswalks would normally have been located. Platforms at the ends of the walkways provide elevator and escalator access between the street and walkway level. The final step was to barricade the sidewalks from the roads in the vicinity of the intersection.