For his final graduate thesis, Jesús Sánchez, an industrial-design student at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, invented an elegant solution to the problem of mobility for the disabled, which ...

People who walk on escalators might say that they do it because they’re “in a hurry,” but we indolent standers know that they only do it to make us feel bad. In an unexpected—and ...

You shouldn’t walk on escalators. That’s right: A story in The New York Times explains that researchers have found that standing two-by-two on the escalator is actually more efficient than the ...

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 ...

Standing a mere six feet high and made of cast steel, Jesse Reno's "inclined elevator" must have looked plenty odd to people visiting Coney Island in the fall of 1896. Essentially a slow-moving single ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Several people were reportedly injured after an escalator malfunctioned at KFC Yum! Center as fans left the most crowded women's college basketball game this season. Video posted on ...

I understand that escalators aren't technically vehicles. I think elevators are, at least as much as a cable car or a funicular is, but escalators are more like motorized architectural elements. Still ...