Follow the
thebiz.movies recommendations for rotating objects.
For movements, there is not much in iClone to simulate cycles other than manually copy frames, or collect clip of one cycle > Add to Motion Plus > reapply the clip and extend it to the full length of the movie.
(There is also Add to Perform, which creates a clip you could also extend, but it is broken and does not work properly).
Another option is to script it in Python.
Just a note on moving escalator. For smooth cycles you'd really need 2 cases of escalator stairs where you'd be triggering visibility of the cycling point on a single frame.
Otherwise, with single case or stairs, even one frame duration where you move the case back, would create an abrupt cycle. Maybe I'll show tomorrow what I mean...