Still, travelers point out, many “big city” airports also have trains or monorails or some kind of people mover (which is what airport transit systems are officially called) to reduce the amount of walking. “This is a big city airport now, and it’s bigger because planes like that,” Wyatt said, pointing to an Airbus behemoth loading passengers on a trip to Amsterdam, “are becoming more commonplace.” Can the airport just get a train already? Design is very aspirationally Denver.- Julia Ritchey June 2, 2021 Unlike most Americans, I enjoy walking, but it would suck if you were even a little bit delayed for a connection.
Tracked 1,600 steps from my United gate to the car pickup. In the worst-case scenario, a passenger would cover nearly two-thirds of a mile plodding from the farthest gate in the north concourse, down through a temporary tunnel, then back through the south concourse to reach the terminal. Indeed, the airport has a handy diagram that clearly shows it studied the distances to various points in the airport, along with the average time it takes to reach them by standing on the moving walkways, walking on the moving walkways, or forgoing the walkways altogether and hoofing it. “That’s why we put moving walkways in the concourse.” “Yeah, we did,” said Bill Wyatt, the airport’s executive director. The sheer size of the $4.1 billion airport overhaul has some travelers asking: Did airport managers and planners even consider the toll it would take on tired feet? “Unlike most Americans, I enjoy walking,” tweeted Julia Ritchey, “but it would suck if you were even a little bit delayed for a connection.” It can take 20-plus minutes - a worrisome pain for those with a connecting flight and a tight window to catch it. “No joke, lots of people covered in sweat & some elderly couples who looked like they may actually require medical attention after making the trek between gates,” tweeted some cases, boarding at Salt Lake City International means walking more than half a mile.
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