The MTA is building the subway system’s first inclined elevator at the end of the No. 7 line extension at West 34th St. Costing less to construct than a vertical elevator because it entails less ...

What do you get when you cross an elevator with an escalator? An inclinator, of course. These elevator cabs ascend and descend along a track at a 30 to 40 degree angle. Although not a new technology — ...

Inclined elevators are usually found on slopes in the great outdoors, where single cars ferry people up steep inclines on the sides of mountains and hillsides to areas that would otherwise be hard to ...