Some PATH Turnstiles Will Now Scream At Riders Who Skip Fares

"NEW JERSEY — Are you planning to skip a PATH train fare by hopping through the turnstiles that are meant to serve people with disabilities, like so many riders have done before you? Get ready to be publicly shamed by a robot, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Thursday." https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/s ... skip-fares

I would imagine this might dissuade a few people... but the vast majority will just keep right on through the gates...

Nice idea, but...

Okay, I'll just say it. I am completely blanking on how the turnstyles would scream at the riders and not swear like a New Yorker. (And yes, I wanted to swear there.)

Not only that, don't you know how many times that would actually set off? Granted, this is PATH, but imaging putting that system in regular NYC Subway. It would be going off ALL THE TIME (yes, again). People flipping off the turnstiles would be a constant sighting.

I'm going to stop there, because any further, and this Baltimoron is going to turn into a... nope, third time. Cutting it off there.

Interesting idea, but it means nothing if the PATH police aren't there to issue tickets. IMHO physical enforcement is the most effective deterrent .

They had that for a while...not sure why the news is just catching onto it now

I think the recent news is that a PATH maintenance engineer did all the work of developing and implementing the idea and got recognized for it.

And I picture people being shamed by bender from futurama.

On NYCT, the service gate (emergency gate) if opened does have an alarm. Many do use service gates for entrance and
exit.

R36 Combine Coach wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:51 pm On NYCT, the service gate (emergency gate) if opened does have an alarm. Many do use service gates for entrance and
exit.

The majority of exit gates that I have seen people use do not have an active alarm when the gate is opened.