Just weeks after installing so-called "subway spikes" on certain turnstiles at one New York City station, the MTA is trying ...
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 ...
Now the subway’s crawling with fare-evaders ... Bridge-City Hall/Chambers Street station in an effort to thwart turnstile jumpers — who cost the transit giant hundreds of millions of dollars ...
The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping ...
The MTA is trying something new to deter fare evaders just weeks after installing spikes on some subway turnstiles.
The crescent metal flaps are roughly four inches at their highest point from the top of the turnstile and were ... The head of New York City Transit, Demetrius Crichlow, told The City, which ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new $77 million plan to clamp down on subway crime, while the MTA has also begun installing "spikes" on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders who ...
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 ...
That didn’t take long. 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 ...