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MTA’s latest ‘solution’ to $800M fare evasion scourge turns into train wreck as flood of NYC subway riders vault over turnstile spikes
At least five riders were spotted by The Post vaulting past the sharp metal barriers at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station over the course of just one hour Friday morning.
Fare Evaders Give Middle Finger To MTA Placing Spikes At Subway Turnstiles
Riders navigated the latest obstacle installed by the MTA at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station by just jumping over them.
MTA installs turnstile 'spikes' at NYC subway station
The MTA is trying to crack down on fare evasion in the NYC subway system by using "spikes" on the turnstile handrails.
NYC fare evader vaults over MTA’s new turnstile spikes at subway station less than 36 hours after installation: ‘Don’t give a f–k’
The man was caught off guard by the MTA’s latest crackdown attempt, but it didn’t stop him from exploiting the flaws in the transit authority’s design.
MTA’s ‘modern fare gates’ with spiked turnstile barriers doesn’t seem to thwart many fare evaders at station
The MTA is installing “modern fare gates” complete with a twist: Spiked barriers that aim to stop potential fare evaders from entering the subway platforms without paying. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the new turnstile infrastructure during her State of the State address on Jan.
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MTA bus hangs off overpass near NYC's Henry Hudson Parkway, sends debris below
The FDNY is responding after an accident likely caused an MTA bus to crash and hang over an overpass near New York City's ...
NYC MTA bus hangs precariously off overpass following collision
An MTA bus crashed into a guardrail and went partially over the edge of an overpass in the Bronx in New York City on Friday, ...
Person hit by train, impacting NYC subway service: MTA
A person was struck by a train at the 86th Street subway station on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan Friday, impacting subway ...
Is the MTA trolling us all with their latest attempt at stopping fare-beating?
“We might, in retrospect, have chosen a different model,” MTA honcho Janno Lieber said at the time adding: “We’re going to ...
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MTA Heroes help reunite woman with 80-year-old family heirloom after purse taken from train station
This week's MTA Heroes are Jonathan Ruby and Kyle Hansen, detectives of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Police Department ...
MTA bus accident in Bronx: Driver rescued from overhanging wheel
Cristian Torralba says he watched as an MTA bus operator struggled to navigate around a parked car Friday morning along a ...
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The MTA is wasting billions on NYC’s congestion pricing plan
With congestion pricing now underway, the tone-deaf misfits at the MTA are taking a victory lap on just about every news ...