Mass Transit5d
Fare evasion down on MTA systems during past six months
From June 2024 through December 2024, subway fare evasion went down 26 percent and bus evasion went down 9.1 percent after ...
NBC New York20d
MTA tries out spikey new additions to subway turnstiles. But do they work?
New Yorkers taking the subway may soon ... deployed to try and curb straphangers beating the fare. The MTA has been widely using "gate guards," who are positioned at the emergency exit gates ...
The Boston Globe8d
Midnight snake surprise: Python pays unexpected visit in Billerica
A snake escapes, a dancing man disappears, an MBTA rider crashes through a fare gate, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments Every day, police officers respond to reports of ...
New York Post22d
MTA’s latest ‘solution’ to $800M fare evasion scourge turns into train wreck as flood of NYC subway riders vault over turnstile spikes
Others stepped over the turnstile or ducked under it to slip through ... transit giant has been trying for years to recover the lost revenue. The MTA installed a pricey new gate designed to block ...
AOL22d
NYC fare evader vaults over MTA’s new turnstile spikes at subway station less than 36 hours after installation: ‘Don’t give a f–k’
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 ...