In 1859, Nathan Ames, a patent attorney from Saugus, Massachusetts, patented the first known design of an “escalator,” though he never built a working model. His design, called the ...

When something is broken, we fix it. When something no longer works, we replace it. Yet, for decades, leadership has remained built on outdated, male-coded structures that leave women at a ...

McGhee Tyson Airport will begin the process of replacing its aging escalators later this year, swapping machines that ...

[Luke Towan] has a cool HO scale Escalator mostly made of 3D printed parts, with some laser cut acrylic, for a station on his HO model railroad. Escalators are mesmerizing to watch – there’s ...

In 2024, there were 2,725 elevator and escalator incidents at NJ Transit rail stations, up 12.3% from the year before. NJ Transit spends $3.3 million a year on elevator and escalator maintenance ...

The research team’s study, titled “Numerical model for cough-generated droplet dispersion on moving escalator with multiple passengers,” was published in the November issue of Indoor Air ...

McGhee Tyson Airport will begin the process of replacing its aging escalators later this year, swapping machines that frequently break with higher-tech models from the same company. The airport's ...