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 ...

Straphangers at a Midtown subway station were seconds away from potential injury when the top steps of an escalator shredded during rush hour — leaving one passenger “shaking.” The mangled escalator ...

President Trump called his escalator mishap at the United Nations "sabotage." The U.N. says the White House team triggered a ...

First there was the chocolate teapot - then came this, the world's smallest escalator, which seems to serve little function other than to excite social media users. Located in the Okadaya More ...

For many people, the scariest part about escalators is stepping onto that first step, or stepping off at the end. But safety experts say you could get seriously hurt while riding an escalator as well.