"The devices aim to deter people from trying to hop or climb over the turnstiles and avoid paying their fare. The spikes and paddles have already been installed and tested out at hundreds of subway stations throughout the system in an effort to combat fare evasion, which costs the MTA hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Through its contract with Boyce Technologies, Inc., the MTA will outfit 129 additional stations with the anti-fare evasion modifications by January, according to agency documents."
"Thus far, the MTA has installed 2,900 of the spikes and paddles at 327 of the 472 stations in the system. The MTA is set to shell out $7.3 million on the upgrades overall, agency documents indicated. New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow, during the MTA Board's New York City Transit Committee meeting on Dec. 15, said the stations that already have spikes and paddles have seen fare-beating drop by as much as 60%."
The MTA is installing spikes and half-moon-shaped plastic paddles on nearly every subway station turnstile to deter fare evasion. Devices have been installed and tested at hundreds of stations; 2,900 have been placed at 327 of 472 stations so far, with 129 more stations to be outfitted by January under a Boyce Technologies contract. The agency will spend about $7.3 million on the upgrades. Stations equipped with the modifications have experienced fare-beating drops of up to 60%. Spikes mount on metal fins between turnstiles; paddles attach atop the turnstile bars to prevent hopping or climbing.
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