MTA expands use of barriers to halt subway surfing — but straphangers doubtful: ‘Looks like when you go to Chuck E. Cheese’

A pilot project involving the barriers began more than a year ago on two cars and was recently expanded to a full train set, ...

MTA to install barriers to combat subway surfing

Ride inside, stay alive. In an ongoing effort to thwart subway surfing, the MTA announced Tuesday that barriers are being ...

MTA rolls out deadbolts on some subway trains in effort to secure cabins

The MTA has been installing deadbolt locks on subway cars of the No. 7 line in an effort to reinforce the control cabs ...

MTA drops $1.5B on new fleet of subway cars in move to avoid breakdowns

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority greenlighted a jaw-dropping $1.5 billion deal Wednesday to buy hundreds of new ...

'Subway surfing' blamed for deaths of 2 teen girls

The girls' deaths weren’t the only suspected subway surfing incidents among teens as of late. The New York Daily News reported a 14-year-old boy was hospitalized hours earlier on Oct. 3 after he fell ...