地震で緊急停止したエレベーター内に閉じ込められるケースも　高層マンション・エレベーターの防災対策は

Elevators in high-rise buildings pose a risk of getting trapped inside or becoming unusable after an earthquake, but here are some of the latest solutions. In today's society, we're reaching higher and higher into the sky. Both offices and homes are housed in skyscrapers. This presents a major vulnerability for cities. Elevators, essential to high-rise buildings, are particularly dangerous during major earthquakes. "I'm in a 35-story building in Shinjuku. I'm feeling the intense shaking." There have been cases of people being trapped inside elevators that have come to an emergency stop due to the long-period seismic motion typical of high-rise buildings. (User) "I was stuck up there for over an hour, and the emergency stairs were unusable, which made me feel uneasy." There have also been cases where hundreds of people on upper floors are unable to leave a building if the elevator remains stopped. (Elevator management company) "Trapped in an elevator? Do you know the address?" Once trapped, it takes time to rescue people, and if the outage continues, it can cause major disruptions to daily life. What can be done to address this blind spot in cities? From CBC TV's "Chant!", broadcast on March 10, 2023