MTA’s latest ‘solution’ to $800M fare evasion ... - New York Post
Jan 17, 2025 · A flood of turnstile jumpers skipped the fare at a Manhattan subway station Friday — despite newly installed spikes the MTA apparently hopes will curb the rampant problem. A deluge of...
NYC subway straphanger jumps over MTA new turnstile spikes at …
Jan 17, 2025 · An outraged NYC stranger wasted no time outsmarting the MTA as he hopped over a subway turnstile while showing little regard for the newly installed spikes designed to deter fare evaders on...
NYC Transit: MTA unveils turnstile redesigns to 'stop the bleed' …
May 18, 2023 · Top officials at the MTA demonstrated high-tech subway turnstiles that are more difficult to evade at Grand Central Terminal. The redesigned turnstiles, which are glass gates, would replace...
MTA installs spikes at this NYC subway station to stop fare evaders
Jan 15, 2025 · The Metropolitan Transit Authority has rolled out its latest effort to fight fare evasion -- this time with spiky gates that could make it highly uncomfortable for a farebeater to jump the...
Turnstile 'spikes' installed in NYC's crime-ridden subways as …
Jan 17, 2025 · New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new $77 million plan to clamp down on subway crime, while the MTA has also begun installing "spikes" on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders...
NYC subway turnstiles getting spikey 'fins': Here’s why - PIX11
Jan 16, 2025 · 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, have ridges on the...
NYC Subway Turnstile Redesign Unveiled at Grand Central …
May 18, 2023 · New York City’s subway turnstile may be getting an upgrade. New “faregates of the future” that can help with two issues the subway system currently faces, fare evasion and accessibility,...
MTA’s ‘modern fare gates’ with spiked turnstile barriers doesn’t …
Jan 16, 2025 · On Thursday, the barriers were officially rolled out at the Lexington Avenue-59th Street station in Manhattan. The new gates were revealed to be standard subway turnstiles equipped with high...
MTA tests out new harder-to-jump subway turnstiles - NY1
Dec 5, 2023 · Instead of the traditional bar, new turnstiles at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue subway station in Jamaica, Queens feature gates. MTA officials are trying out the new design to see...
MTA installs new turnstiles designed to stop fare evasion - 6sqft
Dec 5, 2023 · The traditional turnstiles at a subway station in Queens have been fully replaced with new wide-aisle fare gates, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Monday. Designed to...