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MTA’s New AI Fare Gates Debut as Evasion Persists and Alarm Issues Surface

The agency is accelerating hardware rollouts with a $1.2 billion plan.

San Francisco Blackout Cuts Power to 130,000 as PG&E Works Through Night

Two Men Found Dead on Morgan Park Street as Police Report No Apparent Trauma

Man Critically Injured After Setting Himself on Fire at CTA Blue Line’s Damen Stop

FTA Rejects CTA Safety Plan, Threatens to Withhold $50 Million as Security Surge Begins

MTA Debuts AI-Enabled Plexiglass Fare Gates at Two Stations in Pilot to Curb Evasion

Williamsburg Blaze Leaves Man Critical After 4-Story Jump as Bomb Scare Proves False

MTA Ratifies $7.3 Million Push to Add Turnstile Spikes and Paddles Across Subway

Suspect in Stolen Ferrari Crash That Snapped Brickell Utility Pole Due in Court

Boston Touts Low 2025 Violence as Wu’s 'Safest City' Claim Meets New Data

NYPD Hunts Two Suspects After Man Is Pushed Onto Subway Tracks on Lower East Side

Driver Cited After SUV Fatally Strikes Pedestrian on Sheridan Road in Rogers Park

NYPD Releases Images, Seeks Suspect in Union Square L-Train Stabbing

Woman Killed in Southwest Houston Hit-and-Run

Westminster Tows Saudi-Registered Rolls-Royce in Mayfair Pavement Parking Crackdown

Chicago Petition Seeks Pause on Sidewalk Delivery Robots as City Reviews Safety

Queens Judge Orders NYC to Remove Astoria 31st Street Bike Lane Within 30 Days

NYC Final Report on 2023 Midtown Crane Collapse Cites Fuel Leak, Triggers New Safety Rules

Johnson’s Finance Team Rejects Council’s Alternative Budget, Sticks With Corporate Head Tax

Derrick Lew Named San Francisco Police Chief After Nationwide Search