[hourislate]

I visit Toronto quite often. They have a moving sidewalk (conveyor system) in Terminal 3 when you arrive and disembark from your plane. The video of the moving sidewalk they link looks to be the one I'm referring to and if you look at the date it's from 2009. That's probably the last year it was in operation.

In the last 2-3 years (and I'm there at least once a month) the moving sidewalks have maintenance signs on them and have never worked. As a matter of fact I put a small sticker on the belt/handrail and it hasn't moved guaranteed in about a year. It makes the walk to Customs and Immigration quite the haul.

It could be that they have disabled them permanently so people don't get to the customs/immigration area to quickly and overwhelm an already overwhelmed system. Don't know....

[Pixeleen]

The moving walkway pictured in the article is the same one, and it worked two years ago. It was a rush to glide past even the regular moving walkways. A futuristic treat after a long flight and grouchy border guards.

[geoka9]

The Amsterdam Airport has them all over the place and they always seem to work.Considering the distances involved, they are very convenient.