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• n  a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering

• Even the most minor of crimes jaywalking, urinating in an alley, turnstile jumping were pursued with vigor under the notion that cutting out the everyday "quality-of-life .
• But instead of boarding a train, he stood there and watched while three other people came through the turnstile after him.
• Jinan and Dania climb the metal bars of the turnstile as if it were a piece of playground equipment.

News & Articles

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• Riding Metro? Now You Actually Have to Pay Up
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In most big cities, riding the subway requires paying a fare to get through a locked turnstile.
  June 21, 2013 - Los Angeles Downtown News
• No more free rides on LA subways
  LOS ANGELES - A hybridized honor system -- in place for subway and light-rail riders since 1990 -- will go the way of the Pacific Electric Red Car starting at 11 a.m. today when transit officials lock the turnstiles at the subway entrances beneath Union Station and require riders to pay. Photo gallery: Subway Freeloader Crackdown
  June 19, 2013 - Los Angeles Daily News
• No More Free Metro Rides, Subway 'Honor System' Meets End Of The Line
  It's the end of the line for freeloaders on the L.A. subway: As of Wednesday, you'll need a TAP card to get past those turnstiles. [ more › ]
  June 17, 2013 - LAist

Quotes

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• Tony Burke in The Australian
  Every Australian taxpayer pays the price for the turnstile of incompetence presided over by Amanda Vanstone,Mr Burke said yesterday.
• Myles Brand in San Diego Union Tribune
  I think it's a case of fixing things,Brand said. "When we went to the turnstile attendance, I think we inadvertently harmed some teams because they don't control the weather. I think that's an indication that we had the wrong rule."
• John Shaw in Los Angeles Times
  Question to ponder for today: If Shaw said, "Turnstile counts show it just isn't working here" and offered to run a U-turn to SoCal, would anyone here want them back?