No, turnstile gates on the light rail are not a good idea by Bill Lindeke 11/27/2023 02/06/2024. Share this: ... The transit system has been through a lot since COVID-19, ...

Metro Transit has launched a study to find out if turnstiles, and other methods, will help fare enforcement efforts to get people to pay when they ride. Metro Transit Chief Operating Officer Brian ...

MTA officials have long pursued sign-offs from state safety regulators to begin testing the timed emergency gates near the turnstiles. They will be installed at three stations as part of the pilot ...

If Metro Transit does erect turnstiles at the four stations on its Blue and Green lines, both of which use light-rail vehicles that board at platforms 14 inches above the ground, it would be the ...

The MTA plans to replace subway turnstiles with modern gates at 20 subway stations later this year, part of a push to crack down on fare evasion that officials say costs the agency more than $700 ...

The planned upgrades will include fully accessible all-door boarding and improved safety features, making the system more ...

This is turnstile No. 602 in Fare Control Area R238, at one of the entries to the Grand Central–42nd Street subway station. It looks about the same as every other one in the subway system, but ...

Fare revenue alone, however, would still be 10% below the pre-pandemic amount even with the increases. Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, fares and tolls covered 52% of the MTA’s ...

Sound Transit, which operates the regional light rail system in the Seattle area, has never had fare gates and has no plans to add them after one study concluded the systemwide cost could approach ...

5 INVESTIGATES traveled to St. Louis where a $52 million plan to install turnstiles, gates, and other barriers on every train platform is now underway.

I cannot understand why turnstiles are not installed at light-rail stations for payment of fare as they are in other transit systems and in the Seattle ferry terminal.

MTA chairman Janno Lieber punched back at critics of the agency’s attempts to curb fare beating by installing timers on emergency exit doors near turnstiles.