“We have reduced bus fare evasion by 12% ... aisle gates at a select number of stations. The MTA last month installed spiked “fins” on turnstiles at the 59th Street-Lexington Avenue and ...

The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping and to scofflaws entering thorough the emergency fire exit gates.

The MTA installed spikes along turnstiles last month at the 59th Street ... was down 26% from June through December last year. Bus fare evasion decreased about 9% during that same period.

The MTA is trying something new to deter subway fare evaders just weeks after installing spikes on some turnstiles. Four-inch high metal shields were added at the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall ...

Fare evasion has become a stubborn issue for the MTA, with the agency estimating it lost nearly $700 million to fare and toll ...

Now the subway’s crawling with fare-evaders! Rule-breaking riders are making a mockery of the MTA’s latest attempt to stop fare evaders by easily ducking under or hopping over turnstiles that ...

Manhattan’s pokey buses in particular got a weekday boost last month with peak-hour bus speeds increasing for nearly all ...

MTA tests new ways to block subway turnstile jumpers, ‘back cockers’ and more Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News Wed, February 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM UTC ...