There are consequences for their crime. I want people to know that they have to stop assaulting city workers,” Reid said.

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 agency is planning to test modern gates inside 20 New York City subway stations later this year. What we know. The plan is part of the agency's crackdown on fare evasion. The turnstiles would ...

A study proposed new approaches to get riders to pay to ride New York City’s transit system, including replacing subway turnstiles with fare gates that are harder to jump over. By Ana Ley For ...

NEW YORK -- Police say a man ... "I don't think going after folks who don't have the $2.75 for a subway fare is doing anything to address ... "Fare evasion enforcement and turnstile presence is a ...

Rather than replacing the turnstiles at all 472 subway stations, the MTA will deploy the new fare gates "at strategic locations in the system," spokesperson Eugene Resnick said.

Carmen Gherdol, center, drops the last nickel permitted to be dropped in one of the BMT-IRT subway turnstiles at Times Square, New York, on June 30, 1948. The fare was raised to ten cents for a ...

New York Police Department Transit Chief Michael Kemper on Monday said Operation "Fare" Play will launch 800 of officers throughout dozens of subway stations in the city.

Maybe they should try something else. New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed spikes at subway stations to stop turnstile jumpers—and they don’t seem to be ...