The MTA aims to bring the technology to 129 additional subway stations by January, adding to the 327 of the city’s 472 ...
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Fare evasion: MTA to install turnstile spikes, paddles at most remaining subway stations to deter cheats
The MTA’s ongoing battle to stop fare evasion will bring spikes and half-moon-shaped plastic paddles to almost every subway ...
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 ...
At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through ...
New fare gates use sensors and higher panels to prevent people from passing without paying, but the tech had a “bumpy rollout” on its first day.
Straphangers doing the right thing say jumpers are easily bypassing the jagged metal “fins” that are designed to stop people from jumping or using the turnstile.
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MTA unveils new turnstiles to crack down on subway fare evaders
We've all seen people jumping over the turnstiles to avoid paying for their train rides, but it's soon going to be more ...
Nearly every subway turnstile in New York City will soon be fitted with metal shark-like fins and plastic paddles designed to ...
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MTA to install spikes and paddles on turnstiles at all subway stations as barrier for fare evaders
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 ...
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MTA’s $7.3M ‘fins’ are a joke — and yet another gift to fare beaters. There’s only one way to stop them
This week, the MTA signed off on a deal with Boyce Technologies to add more fare evasion “sleeves” and those high vertical “fins” at the subway entrances. By January, 456 of the city’s 472 subway ...
The MTA is looking into replacing New York City's subway turnstiles with gates that would physically open and close to let paying passengers through. The agency revealed renderings from four different ...
The modern fare gate design foregoes the traditional rotating turnstiles that have defined subway entrances for decades, and ...
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