MTA’s latest ‘solution’ to $800M fare evasion ... - New York Post
Jan 17, 2025 · A flood of turnstile jumpers skipped the fare at a Manhattan subway station Friday — despite newly installed spikes the MTA apparently hopes will curb the rampant problem. A deluge of...
NYC Transit: MTA unveils turnstile redesigns to 'stop the bleed' …
May 18, 2023 · Top officials at the MTA demonstrated high-tech subway turnstiles that are more difficult to evade at Grand Central Terminal. The redesigned turnstiles, which are glass gates, …
NYC Subway Turnstile Redesign Unveiled at Grand Central …
May 18, 2023 · New York City’s subway turnstile may be getting an upgrade. New “faregates of the future” that can help with two issues the subway system currently faces, fare evasion and accessibility,...
NYC subway turnstiles getting ridged 'fins': Here’s why - PIX11
Jan 16, 2025 · 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, have ...
MTA’s ‘modern fare gates’ with spiked turnstile barriers doesn’t …
Jan 16, 2025 · On Thursday, the barriers were officially rolled out at the Lexington Avenue-59th Street station in Manhattan. The new gates were revealed to be standard subway turnstiles …
MTA Announces Installation of Wide-Aisle Fare Gate
Dec 4, 2023 · The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced the first-ever low turnstile fare array replacement with new wide-aisle fare gates at Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport Station in Jamaica, Queens.
Wide-Aisle Turnstiles To Be Installed At 15 Subway Stations - Secret NYC
May 23, 2024 · The first ones were officially unveiled in Jamaica, Queens in December 2023, and now 15 more are set to hit NYC’s subway system this year. The new turnstiles replace the emergency exit gates at that end of the station, which was …
MTA tests out new harder-to-jump subway turnstiles - NY1
Dec 5, 2023 · Instead of the traditional bar, new turnstiles at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue subway station in Jamaica, Queens feature gates. MTA officials are trying out the new design to see...
MTA unveils new turnstiles designed to stop fare evasion - PIX11
Dec 4, 2023 · New York City Transit is testing a row of new entry and exit points with swinging doors at one location at the Sutphin Archer station in Jamaica, Queens, for the first time. NYC Transit will...
MTA unveils redesign of NYC subway turnstile as fare evasion
May 18, 2023 · To deter the roughly 400,000 subway riders who don’t pay the fare every day, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to redesign the turnstiles for the first time in …