Bostonist: "Get Poor Charlie off the M[B]TA": Diary of a Week in South Station

Woody

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:57:47 -0500

I was in London last month, and their subway fare system has commuters breezing through with RF cards - you don't even need to take them out of your wallet, all you need to do is hold the card within an inch of the reader and it'll let you through. Typical Boston that the Charlie Card system's technology is already well over 10 years ancient. Oh yeah, and can anybody explain to me why they don't sell monthly passes in the actual T stations???

Woody

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:54:50 -0500

natis

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:30:53 -0500

i am admittedly loving the charlie card. it would now just be nice to have working buses that don't catch on fire in the summer and don't start in the winter and for someone to go "wait a minute, this green line thing.... it's not really working out is it?"