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

The MTA has installed crescent-shaped metal shields to some subway turnstiles adding a few inches of height to the fare gate. Will it be enough to stop people from jumping over them? FOX 5 NY's Teresa ...

Rule-breaking riders are easily dropping to all fours to slip under turnstiles that the MTA equipped with new crescent-shaped ...

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

I do understand why they did it that way because it’s probably inexpensive for them,” a rider said. “It’s just adding a small ...

The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping ...

Many commuters also are irate at the MTA, which loses millions of dollars a year due to fare beaters, for example — people who jump the subway turnstile or board buses and don't pay the toll, which is ...

“Two months ago, I re-examined our existing transit deployment and found entirely too many cops were posted at subway entrances, mezzanines, and turnstiles, and not enough were on the trains and the ...

The transit agency has taken steps in recent years to address the problem, including increased police enforcement at train stations and evasion-resistant subway turnstiles that feature dividers ...