The MTA is slowly modifying turnstiles throughout the system to keep would-be fare-jumpers from slipping through. Maintenance teams have begun making adjustments to the turnstile mechanism to keep ...

The MTA plans to modify every one of the city’s subway turnstiles to prevent riders from evading the fare through a maneuver called “back-cocking.” “We’ve all seen it,” senior vice president of ...

When I moved to New York, I thought fare dodging was a rite of passage, an initiation to be a real New Yorker. While clumsy tourists fumble for their MetroCards, fare-dodgers gracefully leap over the ...