The MTA will install jagged metal partitions and plastic paddles on every subway turnstile in efforts to reduce fare evasion.
The barriers have been installed at 327 of the city’s 472 subway stations. By the end of next month, another 129 will be added, according to documents published by the agency.
The MTA plans to spend $7.3 million on the new features, a relatively small sum compared to the $1.1 billion it’s budgeted to install entirely redesigned sets of fare gates at 150 stations through its five-year construction plan…