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 cost ...
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 ...
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 working, ...
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 deter ...
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 ...
These gates aren’t scaring away fare beaters — case closed. The MTA’s new subway gates are already getting blasted as “easy ...
People on the NYC subway have been skipping paying their fares for a long time now, but the MTA is finally clamping down on ...
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 ...
The MTA slapped new metal shields atop a row of turnstiles at a Manhattan subway station in its latest effort to curb fare evasion — but at least one law-breaking rider Wednesday night hopped right ...
New York will do anything to combat farebeating — except actually arresting people for it. The MTA hemorrhaged a shocking $800 million last year to turnstile jumpers and other thieves. Its answer has ...