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1. big_toast · 1790268744 · focus · HN ↗

   LA: 0.46 meters/s (1 mph)

   Hong Kong: 0.75 meters/s (1.7 mph)

   Kyiv: 0.9 meters/s (2 mph)

   Kinda slower than I expected in general. I assume the speed is mostly dictated by boarding/alighting safety.

   1. Animats · 1790457169 · focus · HN ↗

      Kyiv subway stations are also air raid shelters.[1] They may have decided that running the escalators fast to get people to safety is worth the risk.

      [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;visitkyiv.com&#x2F;visitor-essentials&#x2F;kyiv-shelter-map&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;visitkyiv.com&#x2F;visitor-essentials&#x2F;kyiv-shelter-map&#x2F;

      1. lostlogin · 1790461542 · focus · HN ↗

         &gt; Kyiv subway stations are also air raid shelters

         When building them, they probably didn’t expect to be hiding from Russian attacks.

         1. fragmede · 1790462449 · focus · HN ↗

            That would be a naive reading of the history of the USSR.

            1. lostlogin · 1790469199 · focus · HN ↗

               I think I’m missing your point?

               The USSR didn’t bomb it’s citizens all that often did it?

               1. hdgvhicv · 1790473758 · focus · HN ↗

                  <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Prague_Spring" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Prague_Spring

                  <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czecho...

                  1. nephihaha · 1790495055 · focus · HN ↗

                     Czechoslovakia was never in the USSR. It was Warsaw Pact. Same with Hungary.

                     The Warsaw Pact was the eastern bloc&#x27;s answer to NATO. They were also in Comecon, their version of the EEC.

                     Not to be confused with Comicon.

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