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 ...

In the mountainous Chongqing, China, large outdoor escalators have been built on hillsides to provide local commuters with the convenience to travel between a railroad station and several bus stops.

After he suffered a cerebral stroke in his early 40s, company employee Masahiro Kawase realized how difficult it is to adhere to "escalator etiquette" in Tokyo. Kawase, 49, a company employee in ...