they spent $700M to stop a guy who was gonna hop it anyway, and somehow the guy is winning

Subway Gates Deterred Fare Evasion, M.T.A. Says. More Will Be Installed.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says new subway gate designs reduced fare evasion at stations where they were tested, and plans to install the gates more widely across the system. Officials credited the taller, harder-to-jump barriers with cutting losses. The M.T.A. has blamed fare evasion for hundreds of millions in lost revenue annually, and has been under pressure from Albany to fix its finances. More installations are expected in the coming months.

Source: Subway Gates Deterred Fare Evasion, M.T.A. Says. More Will Be Installed. — The New York Times

A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Oct 7, 2026.