But the escalator’s principal achievement, shared with the lift, has been to make tall buildings possible, ensuring, in the words of the New Yorker writer Nick Paumgarten, that the population of ...

One passenger wondered why ships don’t utilize escalators to help speed up the process and reached out to Carnival Cruise Line’s Brand Ambassador, John Heald. “Why are there no escalators on ...

A Chinese man has gone viral for his unexpected display of, um, flexibility on an escalator. A commuter was on her way to a subway station in Hangzhou when she saw a middle-aged man doing the splits ...

When the Montreal Canadiens started this season so poorly allowing eight goals regularly in the first two months, it looked like another season of rebuilding. However, the Canadiens have the ninth ...

Metro Rail Transit-3 general manager Oscar Bongon was removed from his post due to slow response to the recent malfunction of an escalator, Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said Wednesday. Dizon ...

Montreal has put in place new rules that will limit most short-term rentals to the summer months in an attempt to ease the city's shortage of affordable housing. Under a new bylaw adopted Tuesday ...