A flood of turnstile jumpers skipped the fare at a Manhattan subway station Friday — despite newly installed spikes the MTA apparently hopes will curb the rampant problem.
A deluge of fare-evaders — a total of 10 in under three hours — were spotted by The Post slipping past the sharp metal barriers at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station.
At least five of those scofflaws vaulted the turnstiles over the course of just one hour. And more were seen pulling the fast-one on social media.
It came despite off-and-on police presence at the station.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/us-news/mtas-latest-solution-to-800m-fare-evasion-scourge-turns-into-train-wreck-as-flood-of-nyc-subway-riders-vault-over-turnstile-spikes/
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