Dr. Lee Gray Interviewed on National Public Radio, Here & Now

Dr. Lee Gray, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Architecture, was featured in a segment on National Public Radio’s Here & Now, which aired April 18. The segment, “What’s the most efficient way to ride an escalator?” began with a discussion of a study done by the London Underground on the most efficient way to move large numbers of people on escalators as they exit the subway station. Hobson’s nine-minute interview with Gray then explored the history of escalators and interesting facts about their operation. Listen to the full interview here.

An architectural historian, Gray is an expert on vertical transportation and is the author of From Ascending Rooms to Express Elevators: A History of the Passenger Elevator in the 19th Century. He writes regularly for Elevator Magazine and has appeared on television and radio platforms such as the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, PBS’s “NOVA,” the BBC 4 Radio, and All Things Considered on NPR.