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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.
New York is stepping up its effort to replace century-old subway turnstile technology with modern gates that deter turnstile jumpers and other fare evaders.. Fare evasion has reached “crisis ...
Cubic stopped making the machines after the subway switched from tokens to fare cards in 1994. Now, after more than a two-decade hiatus, the old turnstiles are back in production.
There are consequences for their crime. I want people to know that they have to stop assaulting city workers,” Reid said.
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… ...
A 51-year-old MTA employee was “viciously” attacked in broad daylight by two women apparently attempting to jump the turnstile to avoid paying the subway fare in Brooklyn, according to police.
A planned fare and toll hike that would have driven up the cost of a Long Island Rail Road ticket by 4% may be put off until ...
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 seller was looking to cash in on a key that he said could open every emergency gate in the NYC subway system, allowing users to bypass the turnstiles and evade the $2.90 cost of a ride. When ...
Most of us have done it. When we’re at the subway station with the kids in tow, they'll pop under the turnstile. In many cases, this is perfectly legal—children under a certain height get to ...