MTA tests new ways to block subway turnstile jumpers, ‘back cockers’ and more
The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping ...
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MTA tries out spikey new additions to subway turnstiles. But do they work?
New Yorkers taking the subway may soon see spikey new additions to the turnstile gates. The MTA said newly installed sharp metal barriers are meant to deter turnstile jumpers. The installation ...
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NYC subway turnstiles getting spikey ‘fins’: Here’s why
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Turnstile “fins” may be coming to a subway station near you as part of the MTA’s push to stop fare evaders. The vertical, metal “fins,” as they’re called ...
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Turnstile 'spikes' installed in NYC's crime-ridden subways as Hochul beefs up police presence
while the MTA has also begun installing "spikes" on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders who cost the transit agency hundreds of millions of dollars a year in lost revenue. The new spike ...
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Fare Evaders Give Middle Finger To MTA Placing Spikes At Subway Turnstiles
has installed spikes at subway stations to stop turnstile jumpers—and they don’t seem to be working, the New York Post reports. An unidentified subway rider wasn’t fazed by the visible ...