Now there’s a transportation solution for you, but if one of our societal goals is to encourage health / physical activity, I wonder how many METS are expending doing this vs. simply walking down the steps? kenyatta: Dutch Railway Installs a Slide To Get To The Train It’s officially called a ‘transfer accelerator’ by Dutch railway maintenance company ProRail, but everyone else would say it’s a slide. An awesome slide. Installed next to a stairway at the newly renovated railway station Overvecht in the city of Utrecht, the slide offers travellers the opportunity to quickly reach the railway tracks when they’re in a hurry.  Be sure to click through for the video via The Pop-Up City
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Now there’s a transportation solution for you, but if one of our societal goals is to encourage health / physical activity, I wonder how many METS are expending doing this vs. simply walking down the steps?

kenyatta:

Dutch Railway Installs a Slide To Get To The Train

It’s officially called a ‘transfer accelerator’ by Dutch railway maintenance company ProRail, but everyone else would say it’s a slide. An awesome slide. Installed next to a stairway at the newly renovated railway station Overvecht in the city of Utrecht, the slide offers travellers the opportunity to quickly reach the railway tracks when they’re in a hurry. 

Be sure to click through for the video

via The Pop-Up City

Source: popupcity.net

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    I WANT TO GO TO THERE. I’d never catch my train, I’d just keep running up the stairs and sliding down the slide. OVER...
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    I would LOVE that here, but can you imagine the amount of LAWSUITS american’s would bring to the courts?
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    AMAZING. Alas, my phobia of steep slopes and staircases also extends to slides, but I approve of the idea in theory.
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    All of the sudden I feel like putting Utrecht in my map for this year’s visit to the netherlands :)
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    I don’t think unicorns can be found anywhere in Utrecht. But there is a museum about Miffy, so all is well. And yeah...
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    GUYS. I NEED TO GO HERE.

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