MTA Unveils Paris-Style Anti-Fare Evasion Turnstiles

May 17, 2023 Crime, New York City

Gothamist reports:

The MTA is planning the first major redesign of subway turnstiles in modern history, a change officials said is key to cracking down on fare evasion on the city’s mass transit system.

Prototypes of the new fare gate designs were on display at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday. The equipment isn’t actually a turnstile that rotates as a straphanger passes through, but instead a pair of glass doors that slide open after a fare is paid. The gates resemble those in Paris’ subway system.

MTA Chair Janno Lieber said the new equipment would replace emergency exit doors in subway stations, which he said are the system’s main source of fare evasion. There’s not yet a timeline for the overhaul of the turnstiles.

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After reporting an estimated $690 million last year to fare and toll evasion, the MTA is planning the first major redesign of subway turnstiles in modern history.https://t.co/EA1tBhjQZJ

— Gothamist (@Gothamist) May 17, 2023

This newspaper reporter fell on his rear end after trying to jump over the MTA’s new subway fare gate prototypes.

Read more about the new design: https://t.co/7aK2pQvVZp pic.twitter.com/IkxKN5qPP0

— Gothamist (@Gothamist) May 17, 2023

These are prototypes of new subway turnstiles to prevent fare evasion which costs the #MTA nearly $700m annually. @wcbs880 @1010WINS pic.twitter.com/grZassz2DF

— Marla Diamond (@MDiamond8) May 17, 2023