Escalators move more people than planes, trains, and buses

The ultimate lazy commute is also the undisputed king of public transit. With over 35,000 escalators quietly whirring away in the US alone, they transport billions of passengers every single year without asking for a ticket. They handle vastly more human traffic on a daily basis than the entire multi-billion-dollar aviation and rail networks, all so we can avoid walking up a single flight of stairs at the mall.