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MTA installs turnstile metal shields at NYC subway station to combat fare evasion
Just weeks after installing so-called "subway spikes" on certain turnstiles at one New York City station, the MTA is trying another new feature in an attempt to deter fare beaters.
NBC New York26d
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 ...
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MTA grasps at solution after ‘hack’ against heavily-mocked subway fare gates goes viral
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 ...
The Boston Globe15d
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 ...
MTA installs metal shields on turnstiles at NYC subway station in latest feeble attempt to stop fare beating
I do understand why they did it that way because it’s probably inexpensive for them,” a rider said. “It’s just adding a small ...
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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 ...