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

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

·New York, United States
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The CityThe City

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…

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The City broke the news in on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
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