据NHK报道，随着旧的一年的结束和新年出行高峰的到来，东日本铁路局在东京火车站开展了一项推进自动扶梯安全和高效使用的活动。该站张贴了提醒乘客在自动扶梯上站稳扶好的海报，安排安保人员穿戴明亮色的背心以便乘客能一眼认出，提醒乘客在自动扶梯上并排站立，尽量避免在扶梯上走动，这与以往的要求乘客统一站在一侧，留出另一侧以便其他乘客通行有所不同。指示乘客在自动扶梯上并排站立并且扶好近侧扶手的图示放置在自动扶梯入口处，墙壁和扶手上都带着提醒乘客“请勿走动”的字样。虽然行动的第一天，仍然有许多乘客在自动扶梯上走动，东日本铁路局发言人称部分乘客已经被纠正了。该行动将持续到2019年2月1日。

　　ESCALATOR SAFETY CAMPAIGN STARTS AT TOKYO RAIL STATION

　　With the year-end and New Year’s travel season approaching, East Japan Railway (JR East) has launched a campaign to promote the safe and efficient use of escalators at its Tokyo Station, NHK reports. JR East has placed posters around the station urging passengers to stand still on escalators, and security guards wearing bright vests are making personal appeals to commuters, asking them to stand two abreast and not walk on escalators, as opposed to the common practice of some standing to one side of the escalator to allow others to walk through. Illustrations of people standing in two lines and holding onto the escalator's handrails have been placed on the floors in front of the escalators, and walls and handrails carry messages saying such things as "Please do not walk." While many people continued to walk during the first day of the campaign, JR East officials said that some stopped. The campaign will last until February 1, 2019.