PACT


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People** The individuals who use escalators are limited to people with little or no disabilities. These include the categories of children, adults, seniors and teenagers. These age groups use the escalators as travelers in airports, mall shoppers, commuters in public transit facilities etc. Escalators prove to be beneficial to people who are not capable of using static stairs but do not necessarily need elevators to travel.

Escalators are used to move individuals faster from a particular place to another where the use of elevators are impractical. The use of escalators are beneficial in reducing traffic and crowds in busy places.
 * Activities**

Escalators are widely used in places like malls, airports, transit building, and public or private buildings.
 * Context**

Traditional escalators use rotating chains that keep the metal stairs in constant motion. With the redesign of escalators, we would use modern technologies to reduce energy consumption. Current research reveals that current energy consumption rates for escalators can power as much as 375,000 houses annually. With the use of modern technology such as kinetic energy, and motion sensors we would significantly reduce their environmental footprint. Furthermore, other technologies will be also used to ensure increased safety for children, adults and seniors that are injured by escalators.
 * Technologies**