I maintain that rather than adding turnstiles and personnel to oversee them, increased patrols like Corsi indicated would have a far greater effect on the overall quality of the system.
You would likely:
1) Decrease fare evasion
2) Increase ridership from those that don't currently feel safe / want to deal with the shenanigans at stations
3) Eliminate the capital cost required to install the turnstiles in the first place
Paratransitfellow's indication that there would need to be an additional 7,000 daily (paid!) trips to cover the cost would only require a roughly 4% increase in ridership or ticket purchases... Seems likely to far exceed that.
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