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MTA spent millions of dollars to install new Modern Fare Subway Turnstile Gates to combat fare evasion in New York City and I figured out a way to get around them. View post on imgur.com
Paramount Skydance is about to put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News. This is not a small shuffle. Weiss has built a career on provocation and taking sides. She will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, bypassing CBS leadership. That means she will have almost total control over what millions of Americans see …
The city claims its expanded network of cameras will keep new yorkers safe, but critics say these devices will affect the city’s least affluent the most. What do you think?
New cameras recently were set up in locations the city promised would be free from what many are calling a tax on the poor – nyc’s congestion pricing scheme to ticket drivers daily for entering manhattan. The new cameras apparently wont be used to charge tolls… for now.
“Signs outlining the expectations we have of riders are now being installed at light rail and bus rapid transit stations,” Metro Transit wrote in a post on social media. “Those who violate these rules will be removed from transit property.” Signs outlining the expectations we have of riders are now being installed at light rail …
A California supermarket desperate to slow the constant shoplifting that has plagued parts of the state has installed giant metal barriers at exits to stop the thefts. A Safeway in Vallejo recently added metal emergency exit gates in front of one of the entrances that warn an ‘alarm will sound’ if thieves try to leave …
