FINALLY!!! Progress on the escalator etiquette movement

I almost couldn't believe it when I saw it, but according to the Post, Metro is finally putting the word out that on DC-area escalators, you walk to the left and stand to the right!

I'm so very pleased that Metro is finally heeding the calls of local riders—and tourists—about escalator etiquette. Though not to be a wet blanket and rain on my own parade, but I have to wonder how much their efforts will work—because Metro is choosing to put the word out not through signs or leaflets at various stations, but through station announcements. Now you might say, "What's so bad about that?" And as a frequent Metro rider, I can tell you that it's often rather difficult to distinguish what's being said over a station's intercom. Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't. (The Post article even points this out!) And if you're anything like me, you often ignore them if you can't make out what's being said.

Don't get me wrong—I'm very happy that Metro is taking a big step in the right direction with getting the word out on walk-left/stand-right, but I still think they would benefit more from signs rather than station announcements.