The modern moving walkway is not a transport system in its own right, more a minor supplement to other forms of transit.
现代的移动人行道自身并不是一个运输系统,最多是一个对现有运输形式的补充。
Back in 1871, local wine merchant Alfred Speer patented the first 「endless-travelling sidewalk」, and promptly proposed an ambitious elevated moving walkway along Broadway.
早在1871年,当地的酒商al fred Speer便获得了第一条「连续移动人行道」的专利,并马上野心勃勃的提议沿着百老汇大街建立一条高层的移动人行道。
The first moving walkway had been unveiled eight years earlier at the Chicago World's Fair and had proved a huge success at subsequent expositions in Berlin and Paris.
早在8年前的芝加哥世界博览会上,第一个移动人行道便已经公诸于众。而在后来的柏林和巴黎世博会上,这一发明被证明是一种巨大的成功。
Airports cover vast areas and it is usual to find some sort of moving walkway on the level as well as escalators between levels.
机场的占地面积很大,常常会看到在同一层上的移动通道以及在不同层之间的扶梯。