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 …
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, …
Fare Collection in the Subway - nycsubway.org
Another recent innovation is the HEET or High Entrance Exit Turnstile which allows entry to an area without a booth. The HEET does not take tokens -- Metrocard only! -- and is slowly …
MTA’s ‘modern fare gates’ with spiked turnstile barriers doesn’t …
Jan 16, 2025 · A fare-evader jumps a turnstile at 59th Street-Lexington Avenue in Midtown, where the MTA installed new spiked barriers on Thursday.
MTA's latest 'solution' to $800M fare evasion scourge turns into …
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 …
ICYMI: Governor Hochul Announces Subway Fare - MTA
1 day ago · The MTA has made steps to tackle evasion tactics at the turnstiles to create stronger, more resilient barriers against fare evasion. This includes reconfiguration of turnstiles to …
MTA tweaks turnstiles to crack down on straphangers slipping …
Jul 17, 2023 · The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will tweak the subway system's turnstiles over the next two years to make it harder for straphangers to slip through and beat the fare, …
MTA modifying turnstiles to recapture $45.6M in skipped fares
Jul 18, 2023 · MTA officials said only 26 turnstiles have been modified so far. The agency plans to have about 240 turnstiles modified by September, MTA spokesman Tim Minton told the Daily …
MTA Is Tweaking Turnstiles To Crack Down On ‘Back-Cocking’
Jul 18, 2023 · MTA Has Begun Tweaking Turnstiles To Crack Down On ‘Back-Cocking’ Fare Evaders. After a report was released showing that over $45 million of overall unpaid fares …
MTA unveils redesign of NYC subway turnstile as fare evasion
May 18, 2023 · To deter the roughly 400,000 subway riders who don’t pay the fare every day, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to redesign the turnstiles for the first time in …