from the Mississauga News:
January 28, 2008 10:57 AM -
Life in the fast lane will begin later this year for passengers at Mississauga's Pearson International Airport.
The installation of two new "express moving walkways" has been completed on the upper level of Pier F of Pearson’s Terminal 1.
The moving sidewalks will move at a maximum speed of two metres per second, which could significantly help passengers hurrying to make a connecting flight.
The EMWs were tested recently by a group of volunteers who looked at using the equipment under several different scenarios. They will be tested further over the next few months until deemed ready to be used by the public.
The high-speed walkways, measuring 280 metres in length, will provide international outbound and inbound passengers a speedier third option of getting to and from gates. They can walk, take a series of normal speed moving walkways, and once all the testing is completed, they will also be able to take the new EMWs.
The EMW will allow international departing passengers to go from the security checkpoint to their gate area, a distance of more than 300 metres, in about five minutes. They can go even faster if they walk while on the device.
For the same distance it would take an average of 10 minutes using the series of existing standard normal speed moving walkways, which are located right next to the new EMWs.
The same is true for international passengers arriving into Terminal 1, the EMWs will mean a shorter time from their gate to Canada Customs.
“These are the first of their kind in the world,†said Lee Daniel, of ThyssenKrupp Elevator, which designed and built the system.