NYC Subway To Upgrade Train Locks After Joyrides

The City reports:

The MTA plans to explore “biometric” technology to prevent break-ins to off-limits areas of subway trains, the head of New York City Transit told THE CITY — but in the meantime, will tweak existing locks.

Richard Davey said security devices that recognize unique physical characteristics are among the potential long-term defenses being considered to keep vandals from trespassing into conductor and operator cabs in a subway fleet of close to 6,000 subway cars.

The need for better locks follows a string of recent incidents in which unauthorized persons have slipped into the cabs — even taking an out-of-service train for a quick spin in Queens — leading the MTA to fast-track several short-term security measures.

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LOCKED OUT: MTA looks to “biometric” technology to stem break-ins to off-limits areas of subway trains — but first, the transit agency will change existing locks.

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