Occasionally, I find myself in a two-story shopping establishment and I wonder if it’s just easier to try to scale the down escalator instead of walking a hundred or so feet to the up escalator. This ...

For most of us, a ride on an escalator is a pretty mundane activity. Then again, most of us aren't Olympic athletes.Swiss freestyle skier Fabian Bösch decided to ride a PyeongChang escalator with his ...

To the average person, a stalled escalator looks like a flight of steel steps. But to Sound Transit, that’s an off-limits safety hazard. The regional agency compelled hundreds of light-rail riders to ...

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 ...

The last thing you want to do while visiting a foreign city, or any city, is irritate the locals, so be sure not to ignore ...

We use it all the time but most people have never actually seen the inner workings of an escalator! I've animated the inside to give you a detailed look at the steps, step chain, gears, handrail, and ...