An MTA maintenance crew work on the broken escalator at the 5th Ave./53rd St. subway station on Monday.Matthew McDermott Straphangers at a Midtown subway station were seconds away from potential ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — A new state report shows that a MARTA escalator was missing several parts before multiple people were injured while leaving a Beyoncé concert. A report by the Office of Insurance and Safety ...