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 ...

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 ...

HOLYOKE ― The music, dancing and joy of a traditional Puerto Rican parranda filled Holyoke Mall on Dec. 14 — right up until the escalator carrying the celebrants buckled under their feet, turning the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“We’re on a road to nowhere/ Come on inside. Taking that ride to nowhere/ We’ll take that ride.” — Talking Heads, 1985 Fred Jung was at the American Dream megamall in East Rutherford when he saw it.

Sound Transit has given up on its failure-prone escalators at University of Washington Station next to Husky Stadium, and says they’ll be replaced soon by a combination of stairs and stronger ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you are designing a building and need to move many people up or down, you probably will at least consider an escalator. In fact, if you visit most large airports these days, they even use a similar ...