The metro station escalator suddenly sped up on Tuesday and hurtled crowds of people towards a dangerous pile-up at the bottom Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE ...

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.

Silver Spring, Md. — It’s true: The Wheaton metro station in Maryland (just 30 minutes outside of D.C) is home to the longest ...

Video captured a fight between two men on a New York City escalator in Grand Central Station before they tumbled down to the platform, shocking onlookers. The incident occurred on Thursday at about 11 ...

A California resident is suing a Strip casino-resort and escalator company after he claims it malfunctioned and trapped one ...

Some D.C.-area commuters have no choice but to factor in extra time to wait on an escalator. Like, at the Wheaton Metro station, where the escalator extends to 230 feet.

Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa Airport offers one such moment. It is a long, steep escalator that connects the terminal level to ...

A man died after tumbling down an escalator in his wheelchair around 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday in a Washington, D.C. subway station A man in a wheelchair died on Wednesday after falling down an ...

This catwalk is apparently quite captivating. A less than 30-second clip of a cat prancing the wrong way down an escalator has been viewed more than six million times since it was posted online this ...