Escalators are one of those places where adults might wish to indulge their inner child and move in the opposite direction, ...

When the escalators at the University of Washington light rail station go down there’s only one solution. Make everyone stand in line and wait for the elevator. RELATED: Seattle tunnel may open in ...

SEATTLE -- Sound Transit said it will cost more than $20 million to replace the perpetually broken escalators at UW Station with eleven new escalators and two sets of stairs. Kimberly Reason, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I’ll always remember where I was on the day an escalator at the United Nations stalled, forcing my big, strong, perfect-health ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Signs advertising the health benefits of stair-climbing might get more people to forgo that easy ride up the escalator, a study suggests. Sign up here. British researchers ...

Fred Jung was at the American Dream megamall in East Rutherford when he saw it. An escalator, heading ... nowhere. Jung was recently on the third floor of the mall near the food court when he spied ...

Researchers have developed an energy-recycling mechanical staircase they hope will one day help older adults or those who are mobility-impaired. The device uses little power and can be placed on ...

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 ...

Mitch Hedberg's excellent and hilarious routine about what happens when escalators break down aside, there is a certain strangeness and discomfort I encounter in those exact situations. It happened to ...

The Metro Board of Directors refused an idea to replace escalators in the system with staircases. The proposed $14 million conversion would take 23 “redundant” escalators that were 30 feet or shorter ...

Maria Hernandez had no choice but to climb the 49 steps at a Metromover station where the elevator has been down for a month and the escalator has not worked since last fall. “It’s so inconvenient,” ...