The MTA has begun exploring whether artificial intelligence can be harnessed within the transit system to detect weapons, monitor unattended items, or even anticipate subway stampedes. An unspecified ...

Anti-subway-surfing barriers have been installed on a string of No. 7 cars to try to stop kids from attempting the deadly maneuver — but some straphangers aren’t convinced they’ll thwart the young ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The MTA is testing a new physical deterrent aimed at stopping subway surfing. One of the city’s busiest subway routes, the No. 7 line, now has experimental barriers in select cars.

Transit officials are probing proposals from tech companies on how best to use artificial intelligence to patrol subway cars and buses in real-time through thousands of video feeds, documents reveal.