"alley cat photography'
Caught in the act!
It never ceases to amaze me how clever subway fare beaters, formerly known as "turnstile jumpers" are.
When the subway still used tokens to gain entrance to the trains the fare beaters would insert a straw into the fare slot and suck up the tokens.
When the city started using Metrocards instead they issued a monthly card for $70.00, which allowed unlimited rides for the month as long as there was a 15 minute interval between card use. Sooooooo... a group of generally young men would purchase several monthly cards, stand at the turnstile and wait for a rider who didn't want to wait on the long line at the ticket booth. They charged this rider $2.00 per switching cards until the 15 minute period passed. You do the math.
This was LEGAL, but the MTA caught on and changed the law to make this money making scheme ILLEGAL! Wish I'd thought of that!
Caught in the act!
It never ceases to amaze me how clever subway fare beaters, formerly known as "turnstile jumpers" are.
When the subway still used tokens to gain entrance to the trains the fare beaters would insert a straw into the fare slot and suck up the tokens.
When the city started using Metrocards instead they issued a monthly card for $70.00, which allowed unlimited rides for the month as long as there was a 15 minute interval between card use. Sooooooo... a group of generally young men would purchase several monthly cards, stand at the turnstile and wait for a rider who didn't want to wait on the long line at the ticket booth. They charged this rider $2.00 per switching cards until the 15 minute period passed. You do the math.
This was LEGAL, but the MTA caught on and changed the law to make this money making scheme ILLEGAL! Wish I'd thought of that!