Readers discuss public transport etiquette, opening up pedestrian streets on weekends, and online ideas spreading among teenagers
Many years ago, as a young, inexperienced person on an escalator in the London Underground, I was angrily told to stand on the right so that another passenger could pass me on the left. I was shocked and upset and followed this instruction thereafter.
It seems the new instructions are a response to these statistics, though they do not indicate the proportion of accidents that occurred while walking or standing.
