|
|
| Re: 3 women punched 59th St today, nonstop farebeating, homeless laying on train floors & station floors (1481133) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: 3 women punched 59th St today, nonstop farebeating, homeless laying on train floors & station floors |
|
|
Posted by Michael549 on Tue Jul 17 12:06:55 2018, in response to 3 women punched 59th St today, nonstop farebeating, homeless laying on train floors & station floors, posted by BrooklynTrain on Mon Jul 16 20:25:12 2018. From a previous message:"Last week, evening rush-hour, guy brazenly jumps the turnstile at super-busy Whitehall St R train entrance next to ferry (no booth there)." There IS A "Token" Booth at the South Ferry / Whitehall Street station. The booth is located in the middle distance between the turnstyles that directly serve the #1 train platform, and the turnstyles that directly serve the R-train platforms on the mezzanine level. Now this booth does not have a direct line of sight to the R-train turnstyles so as notice turnstyle jumpers or fare beaters, or an easy way to monitor activities at the #1 train turnstyles. The middle distance location of this booth is basically one of the outcomes of the TA's efforts at consolidation - having fewer manned booths through out the subway system. It should be noted that there are video cameras directly above each of the turnstyles, at all of the entrances. There are some folks that remember exactly where the "old" booths were located BEFORE the renovation and construction of the parts of the complex. Prior to the joining of the two stations (Whitehall Street, and South Ferry) the location of the "token" booth for the R-train Whitehall Street station was directly opposite the turnstyles - where now current the Metro-Card vending machines were installed. Of course there used to be a "token" booth at the northern entrance to the Whitehall Street station near Stone Street, now replaced by MetroCard vending machines. The newly constructed (twice) South Ferry #1 station at its middle and northern most entrances have un-manned MetroCard vending machines. Needless to say it, but the Whitehall Street/South Ferry does indeed have a station booth. You can argue about the effectiveness of such a booth in its present location, or the effectiveness of efforts to combat fare-jumping. Mike |
|
(There are no responses to this message.)
|
|