Grooves on escalator steps that riders hardly pay attention to actually have a very important function that is paramount for safety. Escalators, the elevator counterparts available in nearly every ...

People shouldn’t walk on escalators. (It slows down the flow at rush hour.) According to a recent CBC report, all the walkers are breaking escalators faster. The Otis Elevator Company even says that ...

Sound Transit has come around to the idea that in dire circumstances, it’s OK to use a stalled escalator as stairs. But that’s only when no other escalators or staircases are available. And those ...

They're something all big city-dwellers encounter. Those enormous, moving staircases are a staple of mass transit systems-- and, potentially, massive headaches. Most of the time, escalators ...

Are we using escalators most efficiently by standing on the right and walking on the left? A study from 2016 found it's faster for all passengers to stand on both sides. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson ...

Some people measure the clout of their town by the number of stoplights. But Greeley residents can credit a couple sets of escalators for elevating Greeley’s stature from big town to small city.

Walk to the left, stand to the right? Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said Metro would prefer that you stand. The head of Washington's Metro system said Wednesday that the custom of standing on ...

Marcus Soo didn’t cry when his hand got stuck in the escalator. The 7-year-old boy was in shock, his father said, as the force of the machine crushed three of his fingers. “It looked horrifying,” ...