Cedric Watson peered from beneath his black Metro cap into the guts of an escalator at the Gallery Place Station. He pointed out one source of escalator shutdowns: safety switches triggered when ...

Metro managers froze plans to release findings of an investigation into chronic problems with escalators and elevators after unionized workers vowed yesterday to fight a key recommendation: replacing ...

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 ...

Metro riders aren’t imagining it: The escalators have gotten worse, the transit agency acknowledges in a new report. Escalators have been breaking down more often — failing after an average of about ...

Metro is testing new safety bollards and signs at Dulles International Airport to steer travelers with large luggage toward ...

When Metro escalators break, crowds form. We've all seen it happen. You exit the faregates, and then boom, a deluge of bodies swarm around the dead escalators. Nine times out of 10, Metro wants the ...

Commuters at the Foggy Bottom Metro station got to ride on a clean new escalator after enduring months of construction that forced many to wait in long lines only to climb the stalled stairs. “This is ...

Metro has reopened the Navy Yard entrance on Half Street after a months-long closure, 33 days ahead of schedule. According to ...

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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to the escalators at the Bethesda Metro station, riders have had more than their fair share of ups and downs over the years. The seemingly interminable shutdowns of one or more of the ...