World’s fastest elevator: In Taiwan, skyscraper’s lift travels at 60 km/h

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from the Toronto Star:



World’s fastest elevator: In Taiwan, skyscraper’s lift travels at 60 km/h

Curtis Rush
Staff Reporter


[font size="1"]The world's fastest skyscraper elevator is in the 509-metre high Taipei 101 building in Taiwan, shown here welcoming in the New Year 2013[/font]


As skyscrapers get taller, elevators are getting faster.

The new ones travel as fast as a car on a city street at over 60 km/h.

In the race to develop the world’s fastest elevator, Asian cities are winning, according to new data released by Hamburg-based Emporis, which tracks building and construction data.

Only one building in North America, the 344-metre-high John Hancock Center in Chicago, broke into the top five.

Canada did not crop up in the research for the fastest elevators. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1318972--world-s-fastest-elevator-in-taiwan-skyscraper-s-lift-travels-at-60-km-h

[hlthe2b]

1. I guess they don't let kids on to push the buttons on every floor...LOL

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3. LOL....I was just in a hotel in Chicago, and some kid did that as I was riding down from floor 17...

...... His mom thought it was funny and cute. I sighed and got off on the 14th floor.

[sadbear]

2. I wonder how many g's those things pull.

[kentauros]

4. I'm sure it's a gradual increase.

It's not like it's a railgun!