Have you ever stopped and really listened to the Metro escalators? Perhaps it's time to start. Our Metro escalators inspire a lot of emotions in WMATA's riders. Derision, shame, frustration, despair, ...

This item has been updated to reflect a new witness account and comments from Metro, including the announcement that it will be doing a fresh inspection of all 588 of its escalators. It was originally ...

Those who have written to you advocating that Metro replace its escalators with steps like most of the New York subway system has [Dr. Gridlock, March 27] have never: been elderly; had either a ...

It might be the biggest unwritten rule of Metro – when you're on the escalators, you stand to the right, and walk to the left. It's a message we holler at tourists and make memes about. But a ...

Metro's top manager wants to convene a "blue ribbon" panel of outside experts to study the transit system's troubled escalators and elevators and create a plan to fix them. "We need all the help we ...

A dramatic rescue scene in the nation's capital played out for hundreds of Metro subway riders and passerby Friday, April 30th, when a man's foot became trapped in an escalator at the busy Foggy ...