High-tech doors. Spikes. Now, half moons are the latest in fare-beating infrastructure that the MTA has installed into the ...
Rule-breaking riders are easily dropping to all fours to slip under turnstiles that the MTA equipped with new crescent-shaped ...
Just weeks after installing so-called "subway spikes" on certain turnstiles at one New York City station, the MTA is trying ...
NEW YORK CITY — In the last six months, fare evasion in the New York City subway system has decreased by 26 percent, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
offered his take on why fare evasion fell in the latter half of 2024. "The fare beaters are even afraid to ride the subways and the buses in New York," Clavin said. Alfonso Castillo has been ...
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 ...
The MTA plans to spend $4.5 million to fix the issue, which requires replacing thousands of mounting brackets on its entire ...
Fare evasion dropped slightly on New York City’s subways and buses last year following an enforcement blitz by the NYPD, MTA officials said on Wednesday. MTA Chair Janno Lieber said 10% of ...
The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping ...