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    "author": "Miles Morton 2026-09-23 4 min read Data behind this piece",
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    "excerpt": "LA Metro\u2019s design specifications state that its escalators go 90 feet per minute, slower than nearly everything we found.",
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    "title": "LA Metro has some of the slowest escalators on earth\u2026 Why?",
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