Accessibility
Elevators Added to Jerusalem’s Tower of David
Two elevators have been installed in Jerusalem’s Tower of David, providing access to the upper parts of the citadel along with other changes that make it easier to visit the...
Deep Metro Station in India With 26 VT Units Nearly Complete
With 95% of the work complete, according to My Pune Pulse, the Maha Metro's Civil Court interchange station in Pune is expected to open in approximately one month. Quoting a...
KONE to Provide 17 VT Units to New Stockholm Metro Station
KONE has been selected by NCC Sweden, general contractor for the new Hagastaden station of Sweden's Stockholm Metro, to provide a range of PeopleFlow® solutions, including 17 vertical-transportation (VT) units....
Skywalks With Vertical Transportation to Open in India
Mehdipatnam, a popular residential area in the southwestern suburbs of Hyderabad, India, is set to get a 390-m-long skywalk to facilitate pedestrians, and it will be equipped with 11 elevators,...
WMATA Station Reopens With New KONE Escalators
The north entrance of the Silver Spring Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) and Maryland Area Regional Commuter train station in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, reopened on...
Mobility Device Showcased at Event Could Also Work as Elevator
On display in Las Vegas at the recent CES 2023, the most influential tech event in the world, is a machine from Italdesign called Climb-E, which is designed to scale...
U.S. Senate Handicap Accessibility Lifts
Custom lift specialist fine-tunes an innovative system serving top lawmakers. Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts - Washington, D.C. submitted by John C. Linsley,Gillespie Corp. Introduction Twelve years ago, Gillespie Corp....
Two Lifts to Improve Access in Spanish Town
The Portuguese City Council has begun work on the construction of two urban elevators that will serve to improve access between Julio Gutiérrez Lumbreras Street and Urdibai Square, in Portugalete,...
Energy-Efficient Escalators Among 2022 DEN Milestones
Significant progress on a new set of triple escalators and completion of another single set of escalators are among 2022 milestones being celebrated by Denver International Airport (DEN), Mile High...
Lifts, Escalators Part of Plan for New Indian Rail Stations
As construction continues approximately 20 m underground to prepare for tunnel boring machines (TBM) to clear a path for a new metro rail corridor in Patna, India, lifts and escalators...
