Metro
We are now arriving at the station, and the conga line is running away.
A viral video showed more than 20 straphangers passing through a gate with a single swipe of a MetroCard at a Queens subway station, a day after barriers meant to prevent such behavior were removed.
The decades-old Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue station is part of a pilot program to test whether renovating subway entrances can chip away at the $690 million fare hike crisis. The turnstiles have been replaced with new ones with tall paddles that swing open and close.
But the gate’s weakness is quickly exploited by 25 fare violators, who line up and sprint in single file, grabbing the person in front of them — reminiscent of the popular novelty line dance, the video shows. Ta.
The brazen act was uploaded to X just one day after MTA officials rolled out gates that cost $700,000 to install at the station.
The barriers must remain open for a period of time to allow passengers connecting to the JFK AirTrain to easily pass through with their luggage.
But in the 12 seconds the gate remained open, the entire group squeezed in at a cost of $2.90, costing the MTA $69.60.
May MTA report Regarding fares and fare evasion, he said, “400,000 passengers ride the subway every day without paying. This is a very big problem that cannot be solved by enforcement alone.”
This number means that more than 1 in 10 riders on averagecheating the system.
The report found that many fare evaders have high levels of “intentionality” and “athleticism,” and that these attributes are particularly useful when trying to avoid paying $2.90 at Jamaica’s hub airport. It pointed out.
MTA staff told Curved Last week, he was “surprised” to hear that some nimble crooks can still jump over a 4-foot gate.
Others duck under, while farepayers with long arms can reach up and activate the exit sensor, workers said.
One X user posted a photo of a hardcore trampoline fitness class with the caption, “Practicing for when I go to New York,” alluding to the physical ability needed to break through to new heights. [sic] This spring. “
another comically compared A gate to the swinging door of a Wild West saloon.
The MTA did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment on Tuesday.
“Frankly, I don’t think we’ve ever seen perfect technology in any city,” Rich Davey, MTA’s head of subway and bus systems, said at the official gate unveiling last week. .
“But this will obviously go a long way in improving the current ticket gate system.”
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