Then in 2010, MARTA shut down two-thirds of its escalators as a precaution after learning that a maintenance contractor had bypassed a safety circuit on an escalator in Dunwoody.

Two experts on escalators said they don't believe the incident at MARTA's Vine Station last week was caused by a stampede.

Two escalator experts say the brakes potentially malfunctioned in an escalator emergency that injured 11 people in Atlanta.

A man injured in the MARTA escalator incident following Monday’s Beyoncé concert said he wants an apology from the transit company. “Blood was everywhere, earrings, cowboy hats,” Henry ...

Waterford — All four escalators and the sole passenger elevator at Crystal Mall — all shut down for weeks — will be repaired and returned to service, the property’s general manager said ...

Willing to walk Dear Dr. Gridlock: I am 58 years old with a back problem that often causes me pain when I walk up and down stairs, yet I always walk on the escalators.

I knew that many elevators were made by Otis, but I never knew they also manufactured escalators. I found out that this escalator was made of oak and ash the types of wood used in wooden floors. It ...

Most opt to ride the adjacent escalators, which take a total of nearly two minutes. But some brave riders do embark on the daily or twice-daily hike up or down the steps in the 120-foot-deep station.