News From Elsewhere Beijing trials pay-per-ride scheme for lift passengers
By News from Elsewhere... ...as found by BBC Monitoring
7 hours ago
Image copyright BTV Image caption Beijing TV (BTV) shows the sensors on the newly installed lifts that passengers scan to ride
A scheme is being trialled in China's capital city Beijing that asks people to pay in order to ride elevators, it's reported.
According to the Beijing Daily newspaper, at least eleven lifts are being installed in old residential buildings that previously only had stairs in the city's southern Daxing district.
Beijing Daily says that the new lifts work "like passengers scanning a card on a public bus" in that they charge users to ride them when they wave a swipe-card across a sensor.
The Fangrong Shengtai Construction Company says that the scheme means that new amenities can be installed in older buildings without them needing to directly charge for construction and maintenance fees.
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Well well; what will they think of next!
Not likely here, but ....
