I’ve never heard of driving side ever applying to walking side. What happens in places like France or Sweden where trains run on the left and cars run on the right?
The road traffic rules dominate. Driving and walking is on the right. Trains might be on the left but that doesn’t influence walking at all. Trams are also on the right. And most metros.
It’s not an explicit law. But if the majority of people follow the rule implicitely it still works quite well.
Here in the Netherlands walking flows in long corridors also usually tend to sort themselves to right-hand walking. It’s more efficient than walking against the flow of traffic.
It’s very prominent in Japan. Unless a passageway is explicitly marked otherwise, everything and everybody in Japan is suppose to pass on the left. Even ships in water lanes and taxiing aircraft pass on the left.
Huh? In driving, the slow lane is left and passing is on the right. On escalators (except in parts of Kansai), it’s stand left and walk (pass) right. Even in subways and train stations, walking is generally left (though some stations swap this in some/all sections for whatever reason). There is signage about this, though people routinely ignore it.
I’ve never heard of driving side ever applying to walking side. What happens in places like France or Sweden where trains run on the left and cars run on the right?
The road traffic rules dominate. Driving and walking is on the right. Trains might be on the left but that doesn’t influence walking at all. Trams are also on the right. And most metros.
Is it ever enforced?
It’s not an explicit law. But if the majority of people follow the rule implicitely it still works quite well.
Here in the Netherlands walking flows in long corridors also usually tend to sort themselves to right-hand walking. It’s more efficient than walking against the flow of traffic.
No none of it is a law, just implicit rules. The worst that could happen is someone annoyed saying “excuse me”
It’s very prominent in Japan. Unless a passageway is explicitly marked otherwise, everything and everybody in Japan is suppose to pass on the left. Even ships in water lanes and taxiing aircraft pass on the left.
Huh? In driving, the slow lane is left and passing is on the right. On escalators (except in parts of Kansai), it’s stand left and walk (pass) right. Even in subways and train stations, walking is generally left (though some stations swap this in some/all sections for whatever reason). There is signage about this, though people routinely ignore it.
Opposing traffic.