New Yorkers taking the subway may soon see spikey new additions to the turnstile gates. The MTA said newly installed sharp ...
This “solution” is a train wreck! A flood of turnstile jumpers skipped the fare at a Manhattan subway station Friday — ...
Riders navigated the latest obstacle installed by the MTA at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station by just jumping over ...
The MTA hemorrhaged a shocking $800 million last year to turnstile jumpers and other thieves. Its answer has been dinky, laughable efforts. Recently, the agency offered $1 million to researchers ...
while the MTA has also begun installing "spikes" on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders who cost the transit agency hundreds of millions of dollars a year in lost revenue. The new spike ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Turnstile “fins” may be coming to a subway station near you as part of the MTA’s push to stop fare evaders. The vertical, metal “fins,” as they’re called ...
Subway ‘spikes’ were seen on the turnstile handrails at the Lexington Avenue 59th Street Station. The MTA says fare evasion costs the agency around $500 million a year. Meanwhile, New York Gov. Kathy ...
“We might, in retrospect, have chosen a different model,” MTA honcho Janno Lieber said at the time adding: “We’re going to ...