Okay, in my city (Edmonton) we have the province's biggest University, that is mostly served by the LRT, and the university station in underground and hence has escalators. During peak morning hours, every single person walks up the escalator stairs and it is considered rude to stand in the morning. When the escalator is down everyone complains, because we need to 2x the walking now. Actually the fact that escalator is broken (i.e one is turned off and the other is closed for maintenance) has created a sort of inside joke, to the point where the escalator has its website to say if its working http://uofaescalator.com/