MTA installs turnstile metal shields at NYC subway station to combat fare evasion

MTA installs turnstile metal shields at NYC subway station to combat fare evasion

Just weeks after installing so-called "subway spikes" on certain turnstiles at one NYC station, the MTA is trying another new feature in an attempt to deter fare beaters.

ThePatriotLight - MTA installs new metal shields on turnstiles at NYC subway station

ThePatriotLight - The MTA slapped new metal shields atop a row of turnstiles at a Manhattan subway station in their latest effort to curb fare evasion — but at least one law-breaking rider Wednesday night hopped right over the barrier with ease. The latest feeble defense from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority against evaders of the $2.90 fare debuted at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers Street subway station this week, just one mont…

MTA installs metal shields on turnstiles at NYC subway station in latest feeble attempt to stop fare beating

The MTA slapped new metal shields atop a row of turnstiles at a Manhattan subway station in their latest effort to curb fare evasion -- but at least one law-breaking rider Wednesday night hopped right over the barrier with ease.

Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Against Farebeaters

The MTA is trying to get a leg up on turnstile jumpers at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers Street subway station.Crescent-shaped metal shields attached Tuesday to a bank of turnstiles at the Lower Manhattan complex are the MTA’s latest attempt to curb a fare-evasion crisis that last year cost the transit agency an estimated $360 million in the subway alone — and more than $700 million in 2023 from unpaid fares and tolls on trains, buses, b…