
E1581 - 1581: "The Central–Mid-Levels Escalator"
Published: March 6, 2026
Duration: 3:43
Interesting Things with JC #1581: "The Central–Mid-Levels Escalator" – In Hong Kong, the hill behind the harbor used to demand a daily climb. Then the city built a half-mile chain of moving steps that flips direction with the clock, and rewired an entire neighborhood around the flow of footsteps.