The Half-Mile Escalator ∞

It’s fascinating to see an escalator as public transit.

In Wushan County, China, the wild new “Goddess” escalator system runs almost 3,000 feet and takes folks up 800 vertical feet.

[I]t’s made of 21 individual escalators, 8 elevators, 4 moving walkways and several pedestrian bridges. Riding all of them takes roughly 21 minutes.

It’s quite something to see:

A huge hillside escalator

If these escalators ever run into trouble, the fact that they will become stairs will not be so convenient.