Plus, a broken elevator is useless, while a broken escalator is — for most failures — just stairs. The story of the escalator begins in the mid-19th century. In 1859, Nathan Ames, a patent ...

These included taking the stairs instead of escalators and elevators whenever you can. The action has been associated with increased bone density among post-menopausal women, lowered cholesterol ...

After walking through the turnstile at Aquarium Station, 85-year-old Joan Taylor glanced up at the seemingly never-ending flight of stairs, and the neighboring defunct escalators cordoned off by ...

For both ascending and descending escalators, large droplets from the maskless cougher immediately fell to the stairs. But on an ascending escalator, small droplets fell slightly, remained ...