As the world's most widely used and safest form of public transportation, elevators provide passengers with incomparable convenience, dependability and efficiency. The United Sates alone has about 425,000 elevators that annually carry more than 68 billion passengers (12 time... 

Riding escalators (and their cousins, moving walks) is easy to take for granted. Like walking or riding a bike -- you do it once and you never forget. But, are you always doing it properly and with safety in mind? And, what's more, are you instilling good safety habits in yo... 

The rulesfor riding elevators are about the same for kids as they are for adults. It's a good idea for children to be especially careful around the doors. They should never put their hands or feet into the area between the moving door and the adjacent door jamb. And, because...