ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR FAST FACTS
Did you know
that the average person walks 43,538 miles (the equivalent of twice around the
world) in a lifetime? Find out how many miles the average elevator travels
every year and tons of other fun facts about elevators and escalators below!
ELEVATORS
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900,000 Units in United States (1,000,000 U.S. and Canada) - using a U.S. population of 120 million there is 1 elevator per 133 users
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Average rise 4 - 5 floors or 40 feet
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Average 5 people per trip
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Each passenger averages 4 trips per day, 250 days per year
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Each elevator carries 20,000 people per year per elevator (20 people
x 4 trips = 80 people x 250 days)
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Elevators in the United States make 18 billion passenger trips
per year (20,000 people per year x 900,000 elevators)
This Means Conservatively Speaking…
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Elevators in the United States travel 7.2 trillion feet or 1.36 billion
miles per year (12 billion trips x 40 feet rise)
ESCALATORS
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35,000 units in United States (44,000 U.S. and Canada)
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Average number of people per hour handled per escalator = 3,000
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Average peak usage of escalators = 4 hours per day
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Average number of people carried per day per escalator = 12,000
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Number of business days per year = 250
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Therefore, the number of people carried per escalator per year =
3 million
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Based on 35,000 escalators, this calculates out to 105 billion
passengers transported per year in the United States.
About
NEII
NEII, the national trade association of the building transportation industry, was established to promote safe building transportation for new and existing products and technologies, the adoption of current codes by local government agencies, and to encourage responsible legislation and regulatory measures at all levels of government. Regular membership is available to those corporations, firms or companies that, as part of their normal business operations, provide or perform any of the following: manufacturing (including parts or components used by others in the manufacture, repair or maintenance), installation, or the repair and maintenance of elevators, escalators, moving walks and related equipment. Trust membership is available to those corporations, firms, or companies that, as part of their regular business, employ members of the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) and contribute to the benefit trusts (Trusts) established by agreements between the IUEC and NEII. Individual memberships are available to persons who are not employees of NEII member companies or organizations. NEII promotes safe building transportation and works with various organizations on the formation, adoption and enforcement of the latest building transportation codes and standards.
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