The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping ...
The MTA is trying something new to deter subway fare evaders just weeks after installing spikes on some turnstiles. Four-inch high metal shields were added at the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall ...
The MTA slapped new metal shields atop a row of turnstiles at a Manhattan subway station in its latest effort to curb fare evasion — but at least one law-breaking rider Wednesday night hopped ...
Now the subway’s crawling with fare-evaders! Rule-breaking riders are making a mockery of the MTA’s latest attempt to stop fare evaders by easily ducking under or hopping over turnstiles that ...
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 ...
MTA tests new ways to block subway turnstile jumpers, ‘back cockers’ and more Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News Wed, February 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM UTC ...