Three companies are duking it out to win a $1.1 billion contract to redesign New York City’s subway turnstiles, which transit officials have for decades blamed for rampant fare evasion. The firms have ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The Olympics are still a few weeks away, but a different kind of winter games came early to the New York City subway: the so-called “Fare Evasion Olympics.” Viral social media ...

New York City’s new subway fare gates are drawing mockery online, as viral videos show riders easily bypassing the barriers. What began as isolated stunts has escalated into an online trend, with some ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- At the same time Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants free buses in New York City, the city's losing close to $1 billion dollars in fare evasion a year. Eyewitness News captured just how ...

A Brooklyn creator known as Kiingspiider goes viral for videos bypassing the MTA’s new fare gates Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

New York riders are already finding creative ways to bypass the new MTA subway gates that were developed in part to stop fare evasion. The new gates replace the traditional metal turnstiles that have ...

MCTS is increasing its in-house Public Safety Officer (PSO) program to boost uniformed presence at bus stops and on vehicles to deter fare evasion. A new pilot program will deploy plain-clothes ...

NEW YORK - The MTA is piloting new fare gates at select stations to address fare evasion, a costly issue for the transit authority. According to the Citizens Budget Commission, the MTA lost ...

CHECKED IT OUT. SHE REPORTS FROM SOUTH STATION. TAKE A LOOK. THE BEEP OF TICKET SCANNING. FILLS SOUTH STATION DURING THE COMMUTE. RIDERS HAVE TO SHOW A PASS TO GET ON AND OFF THE TRAIN PLATFORM. NOW ...

These fare hoppers going for the long jump! A ragtag group of quirky jocks leaped over the MTA’s new subway turnstile gates at an event dubbed the “Fare Evasion Olympics” — to prove how wildly ...