The MTA is in the midst of fixing turnstiles to prevent would-be fare jumpers from easily slipping past the gates — costing the transit agency more than $45 million a year.

Agency officials in yellow-and-orange vests provided assistance to riders, and purple banners on walls instructed passengers how to place their transit passes over the turnstiles’ sensors.

Fare evasion on the subway system cost the MTA $285 million last year, according to the agency’s May fare evasion report. Of that, Crichlow said, $45.6 million in skipped fares is due to ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority rolled out its first test of a new fare gate design on Monday aimed at staunching the fare-beating crisis that stole $690 million from the agency’s c… ...

Fare evasion could render obsolete the subway turnstiles first installed in New York City a century ago. The MTA displayed different models of modern fare gates at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesd… ...

MTA tries shields to stop subway fare evaders after adding turnstile spikes 01:38. The MTA is trying something new to deter subway fare evaders just weeks after installing spikes on some turnstiles.

The MTA is installing “modern fare gates” complete with a twist: Spiked barriers that aim to stop potential fare evaders from entering the subway platforms without paying. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

This is turnstile No. 602 in Fare Control Area R238, at one of the entries to the Grand Central–42nd Street subway station. It looks about the same as every other one in the subway system, but ...

The MTA is slowly modifying turnstiles throughout the system to keep would-be fare-jumpers from slipping through. Maintenance teams have begun making adjustments to the turnstile mechanism to keep ...