New York Is Fighting Subway Fare Skippers With Spikes And Paddles

People on the NYC subway have been skipping paying their fares for a long time now, but the MTA is finally clamping down on ...
Time Out

Spikes and paddles are being added to basically every NYC subway station turnstile

According to documents published by the transit agency, the anti-hopping hardware has already been installed at 327 of the city’s 472 subway stations. Another 129 stations are slated to get the ...
Staten Island Advance

NYC to install spikes, paddles in most subway stations to curb fare evasion

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Before the end of January, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to install fare evasion barriers at most stations within the New York City subway system. During a ...

NYC subway fare jumpers easily beat anti-theft 'fins' as MTA spends $7.3M to bring program to nearly every station

Stand clear of the closing snorts! The MTA will dish out $7.3 million to expand its anti-fare evasion gadgets to nearly every subway station in the five boroughs — even though rule breakers have been ...