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by croisillon 890 days ago
there used to be a quicker (9 or 11 km/h depending on sources) walkway in Paris metro, but apparently too frequently broken https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trottoir_roulant_rapide
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« Le TRR fonctionna d'abord à la vitesse de 11 km/h (3 m/s), mais en raison de fréquentes chutes de voyageurs et de divers accidents, la vitesse fut réduite à 9 km/h (2,5 m/s) »

From your Wikipedia page, it says it initially went at 11 km/h but was reduced to 9 km/h because of “frequent falls of passengers and various accidents”.