Waving one's hand over an ill-placed sensor is all that's needed to get past a new set of $700,000 subway gates the MTA is testing to crack down on fare-beating, which was exposed in a TikTok video.

The idea behind the new fare gates was to give subway riders easier access to the stations. But not this easy. “We are learning. And I’m learning with our customers,” said Quemuel Arroyo ...

MTA chairman Janno Lieber walks through another new fare gate design the MTA says it may experiment with during a demonstration in 2023 at Grand Central. James Messerschmidt for NY Post .

MTA tests pilot program involving subway stations' emergency gates to stop fare evasion The idea is that if the gate takes longer to open, fewer people will leave through that exit — meaning ...

MTA: Fare & toll evasion costs agency hundreds of millions in revenue 01:44. NEW YORK-- The MTA says fare and toll evasion is at a crisis ... The MTA is looking to add gate guards at 30 stations, ...

Transit riders walk through new fare gates from Cubic Transportation Systems. The gates are equipped with artificial intelligence and software with computer vision to better detect fare evaders.

MTA chair Janno Lieber tests a fare-gate manufactured by Conduent, which uses sensors to track people moving through the doors and alert authorities when more than one person enters per swipe.

As a result of the measures, fare evasion dropped 26% in the second half of 2024, the MTA said. At the same time, the NYPD also issued 143,100 summonses for subway fare evasion in 2024, marking a ...

The design will make it more of a challenge for people to jump over or duck under a gate to evade paying the $2.90 fare — a rampant issue that cost the MTA an estimated $690 million last year ...