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(New York, NY) — The MTA says subway fare evasion is down while revenue is way up.
MTA officials say their low-tech efforts to stop fare beaters by putting fins on turnstile gates is working, citing a 36-percent decrease in fare evasion wherever gate guards. pr
wings” are deployed.
The MTA has also unveiled high-tech gate door prototypes of four very tall gate doors to be tested this fall at 20 subway stations.
The MTA says fair revenue is up 67 percent since 2021, not just because of new riders, but because more people are paying.
