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“Vertical traffic jam” irritates Shanghai |
BEIJING: Busy elevators
have become a routine headache for office-goers in
Shanghai, China's largest metropolis and home to about
4,000 high-rises, twice the figure in New York City.
'Vertical traffic jams' are now hot topics among
white-collar workers in Shanghai's skyscrapers.
Their talks range from calls for improved elevator
etiquette to more thoughtful elevator use. "You could
count on the scene being spectacular about 9 every
morning. People are lining up in long queues waiting to
get themselves into one of the elevators," said Rock Wu,
a company worker, in describing the heavy traffic in his
24-story office building, Sanwei Mansion.
Wu's company was on the 17th floor and he said he
usually had to wait more than 10 minutes in the line
during rush hours before catching one of the two
elevators in the building.
Wu said many of the company staff had to give up bonus
for early arrival on work because of the elevator
problem. Bad elevator traffic sometimes has led to late
appointments for important meetings, some office workers
say.
Property management should play a more active role in
directing the commuters as well as completing more
technical work to better manage the facilities, Shanghai
Daily quoted a city official as saying. They could
consider sending a worker inside each of the elevators
during rush hours to ensure every lift is well used as
well as maintaining a good order inside the facility,
said
Zeng Zheyi, director of Property Management Department
under Shanghai Housing and Land Administrative Bureau.
Source - DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=10238370) |
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