When mobility challenges make climbing stairs difficult, stair lifts and home elevators can restore access to multiple floors in your home. But should you install a motorized seat that glides along a ...

Jonathan English is a Toronto-based infrastructure policy consultant and writer, and a fellow at the Marron Institute of Urban Management, New York University. Stephen Jacob Smith is the executive ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Jeanie Chase remembers crying a lot in December and January. It was the holiday season — a time for merriment and to see family. But Chase couldn’t see ...

Explore the mechanics of elevators, including the cables, locks, and innovative systems that elevate our daily experiences. This video is dubbed in over 20 languages; change the audio track language ...

HOUSTON — KHOU 11 has extensively reported on elevator issues at Houston area apartment complexes for the past few weeks, and now we are asking the big question: what can be done to fix the problems ...

"I think you guys definitely helped because you brought it to attention," said Eligha Ellis, a resident at Mariposa at Reed Road who had been stuck on the third floor for ten days, missing doctors' ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

In New York City, landlords are required to have an active contract with an approved elevator company, and to make needed repairs immediately. By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: We live in a nice multistory ...

A home elevator may seem like a big-ticket splurge, but it can make a huge difference in the accessibility of your home and allow greater freedom for those with mobility limitations. This is ...

Walkup apartments are more American than they may seem. A recent report by Stephen Smith, founder of the Center for Building in North America, highlights the scarcity and high cost of elevators in the ...