Hochul, NYPD, MTA leadership tout drop in subway crime amid recent high-profile violent incidents

Gov. Kathy Hochul, the MTA and the NYPD say New York City's subway system is getting safer, despite a recent string of ...

MTA honcho boasts of anti-subway surfing effort ‘success’ — but death toll tells different story

MTA boss Janno Lieber celebrated the transit agency’s efforts to curb subway surfing Wednesday — but the annual death toll ...

NYC subway fare jumpers easily beat anti-theft ‘fins’ as MTA spends $7.3M to bring program to nearly every station

Stand clear of the closing snorts! The MTA will dish out $7.3 million to expand its anti-fare evasion gadgets to nearly every ...
6sqft

MTA to add spikes and paddles at most NYC subway stations to curb fare evasion

The MTA aims to bring the technology to 129 additional subway stations by January, adding to the 327 of the city’s 472 ...
Mass Transit

Gov. Hochul awards $1.75 billion for MTA system modernization, accessibility upgrades

The new revenue stream will fund a CBTC upgrade on the A, C Line, as well as five station accessibility upgrades.
Gothamist

Nearly every NYC subway station will get spikes, paddles to combat fare evasion

Nearly every subway turnstile in New York City will soon be fitted with metal shark-like fins and plastic paddles designed to ...
amNewYork on MSN

Subway upgrades: MTA board approves A/C line signal project and new elevators at five stations — all funded by congestion pricing

The MTA board on Wednesday approved contracts to replace the Brooklyn and Queens A/C line’s aging signal system and install ...
ABC7 New York on MSN

MTA to install spikes and paddles on turnstiles at all subway stations as barrier for fare evaders

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA will install jagged metal partitions and plastic paddles on every subway turnstile in efforts to ...

MTA metalworkers close in on Governor’s goal: 100 more stations with platform barriers by year’s end

As part of the MTA’s push to install platform barriers in more than 100 stations across the City subway system, welders and ...
ABC7 New York on MSN

Subway crime at lowest level in 16 years, ridership up nearly 8%, Hochul says

Ridership on the New York City subway is on the way up while crime is on the way down, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday.
FOX 5 New York on MSN

How New Yorkers feel about the F and M subway swap

Commuters have mixed feelings regarding the recent F and M train swap between Manhattan and Queens, which has been in effect ...