Skip-Stop Elevators? The Wave of the Future

February 25th, 2008 by admin

The Cooper Union plans to implement a skip-stop elevator — an elevator that only stops on certain floors — in one of its newest buildings. Along with the elevator, there will be stairways going to all floors. While I am not fully sure of why one would build such an elevator, the health nut in me likes to think that it is to try and promote folks to actually use the stairs instead of the elevator. (And don’t worry there is a freight elevator for the disabled.) I’ve got to say, I like it. Could skip-stop elevators be the wave of the future? I mean you don’t miss what you don’t have, right? Would you like it if your building didn’t have an elevator that took you to your floor and forced you to walk? Or is taking the stairs not your cup of tea?