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.

Transit officials have griped about fare evasion for decades, but until now never moved to fundamentally redesign the city's subway turnstiles.

The MTA is looking into replacing NYC's subway turnstiles with gates that would physically open to let passengers through.

New Yorkers taking the subway may soon see spikey new additions to the turnstile gates. The MTA said newly installed sharp metal barriers are meant to deter turnstile jumpers. The installation is ...

New Yorkers taking the subway may soon see spikey new additions to the turnstile gates. The MTA said newly installed sharp metal barriers are meant to deter turnstile jumpers. The installation is ...

The MTA is trying something new to deter fare evaders just weeks after installing spikes on some subway turnstiles.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new $77 million plan to clamp down on subway crime, while the MTA has also begun installing spikes on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders.

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed spikes at subway stations to stop turnstile jumpers— and they don’t seem to be working, the New York Post reports.

A planned fare and toll hike that would have driven up the cost of a Long Island Rail Road ticket by 4% may be put off until ...

The Transport Workers Union is rallying behind one of its members. Marshalee Reid, 51, was attacked on the job in Brooklyn ...

The MTA is looking into replacing NYC's subway turnstiles with gates that would physically open to let passengers through.

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.