[rootbear]

Larry Niven called them slidewalks and I've always been sorry this terminology never caught on.

[Loughla]

The things I took away from reading Niven was transfer booths. The world has homogenized because information and people were transmitted instantly one from corner of the globe to another.

Ooohhh boy.

[eszed]

I loved the conservation of momentum "hack" for those teleportation booths. Go on, everyone who hasn't read it, see if you can guess how he dealt with that.

[bayindirh]

If you want to see this idea taken to the next level, you should read Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. ;)

[Al-Khwarizmi]

In the UK, Singapore and maybe other countries with British influence, they use the word travelator, which I find quite cool as well.

[walthamstow]

Just like an escalator, but without the escalation!