The MTA is trying a new way to foil fare flouters — sleeves to extend turnstile arms. The sleeves are the latest arrow in a quiver of turnstile modifications meant to keep evaders at bay while the MTA ...
The new metal sheaths first appeared Tuesday at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, the latest line of defense thwarting chronic ...
A 44-year-old Big Apple transit worker who had two of his teeth knocked out by a short-on-cash subway vagrant said Sunday that he’s now afraid to return to work. The victim, whose name is being ...
Train riders were seen going to their old tricks to avoid paying a fare for the subway. One man pushed right through the turnstiles. NEW: "SPIKES" installed at turnstiles on 59th Street Subway ...
Subway ‘spikes’ were seen on the turnstile handrails at the Lexington Avenue 59th Street Station. The MTA says fare evasion costs the agency around $500 million a year. Meanwhile, New York Gov. Kathy ...
A flood of turnstile jumpers skipped the fare at a Manhattan subway station Friday — despite ... The pointy panels also don’t address a hack used on old gates of pulling on the turnstiles ...
The two-car train crashed into a snow plow around 10:30 a.m. Nov. 17, 2023, on the main tracks adjacent to the Howard rail ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Turnstile “fins” may be coming to a subway station near you as part of the MTA’s push to stop fare evaders. The vertical, metal “fins,” as they’re called ...
while the MTA has also begun installing "spikes" on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders who cost the transit agency hundreds of millions of dollars a year in lost revenue. The new spike ...
New Yorkers taking the subway may soon see spikey new additions to the turnstile gates. The MTA said newly installed sharp metal barriers are meant to deter turnstile jumpers. The installation is ...