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 days of a problem-plagued Pennsylvania Capitol escalator are now numbered. The escalator located in the Capitol East Wing has been the butt of jokes on social media over the years for being more ...

In last Sunday’s column, I took issue with a key feature of the competition-winning design for the planned $2.2 billion Global Terminal at O’Hare International Airport: its heavy reliance on ...

After five years of work, the MTA has completed its long-awaited rehabilitation of the Grand Central-42nd Street subway ...

A $700 million project to rehabilitate three subway stations below 42nd Street with new staircases, escalators, elevators and more was completed Tuesday after five years, MTA officials announced. The ...

Exclusive: Mariko Hosoi, 76, claims she was badly hurt after stepping off the escalator Donald Trump famously descended to ...

Grand Central Terminal's $700 million subway renovation is complete, enhancing commute for 400,000 daily users.

Metro gets a new chief this week, and it will also get some new escalators. The Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail stop will receive three new escalators, a staircase and a brand new canopy. Riders can expect ...

LONDON — Attention all shoppers: taking the stairs protects your heart. That's the message researchers tried at a suburban shopping mall by putting up colorful signs along the steps of a staircase, ...

Source: "Escalator and Stairs." Image by Karen Mardahl, Wikimedia, CC2.0 The Question “What if life came with little reminders to make healthy choices?” This intriguing question headlined an article ...