NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA will install jagged metal partitions and plastic paddles on every subway turnstile in efforts to reduce fare evasion. The barriers have been installed at 327 of the city's ...

NEW YORK CITY — In an effort to reduce fare evasion in the subway system, the MTA has said it will install spikes and plastic paddles on subway station turnstiles at nearly every station. The MTA will ...

Nearly every subway turnstile in New York City will soon be fitted with metal shark-like fins and plastic paddles designed to make it harder to skip the fare, MTA officials announced during a meeting ...

We've all seen people jumping over the turnstiles to avoid paying for their train rides, but it's soon going to be more difficult for fare beaters to do that.

In January 2025, subway riders at the 59th Street-Lexington Avenue station in Manhattan noticed a surprising new addition: spiked metal partitions between each fare gate. Some commuters called the ...

SOHO, Manhattan (PIX11) — A century-old aspect of the subway system got a noteworthy change on Friday, and that change could transform the system in significant ways — if it works. Riders aren’t ...

Subway and bus fare evasion cost New York’s transit system nearly $1 billion last year. Will an arsenal of new tricks turn the tide? Subway and bus fare evasion cost New York’s transit system nearly ...