Bostonist: When the Clock Strikes Midnight 6 am

Amish Al

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:20:25 -0500

Great write-up. I think. Waitaminnit! Why, again, is all this better than just buying a token when one day I need to catch the Green Line once or twice, or buying a monthly pass for the subway only if I know I never need to use the bus? "Embrace the new technology"? Bolshoi. File under "Change for Change's Sake". It may not work too well, but hey, it costs more!

Steve

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:07:28 -0500

This "disenfranchising the poor" thing has got to stop. Theres no reason a "poor" person couldn't grab a Card, put some money on it and not pay the extra-extra fare increase (just the regular "extra" fare increase). As well, anyone who does live in this "pay check by pay check" method (and, if you are one of these people, do yourself a favor and get to a library and borrow *for free* on of the many books on personal finance) who uses the MBTA service enough on a monthly basis to require a monthly pass can't afford NOT to pay for it. The $59 LinkPass is basically 30 rides on the T at cash fares, or 35 of non-monthly Card fare. So if they use the MBTA to get to work everyday then they could save a lot of money in grand sum of things by purchasing a pass. If not, then get a Card and put as much as you can afford from your next paycheck, the savings you get until your next paycheck will more than make up for the few weeks of "hardship". Poor they may be, but I'd like to think that most of them are not so stupid that this basic math escapes them, and if it does, perhaps this is why they are poor and we should be blaming public schools and not the MBTA. Now please get back to pointing out real problems and issues the MBTA is having, not these psuedo-post-liberal-neo-democratic complaints.

Charlie D.

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:22:34 -0500

In response to T-Troll's comment... You can buy passes at fare vending machines and retail outlets anytime. Monthly passes are sold starting the 15th of the prior month until the 14th of the current month.

Dani B.

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:17:55 -0500

Your info is wrong. You will not get a bus to subway transfer unless you use a CharlieCard. And you will no longer get bus to bus transfers unless you use a CharlieCard or a CharlieTicket.

Saul

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:54:55 -0500

Note: You will NOT get a free bussubway transfer with the CharlieTicket, only with the CharlieCard.

T-Troll

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:02:19 -0500

Finally, some clarity. Thanks to your lucid explanation, I think I finally get it. Leave it to the T to make understanding the new system require a visit to a website, and one that is not their own. Although the new site does have a new "friendly" vibe. Another point: the T really needs to give a grace period of a few days for those with monthly passes so that riders can have time to buy a new pass rather than line up with everyone else on the 1st. SF BART allows someone with a December pass, for example, to ride through January 3. There's gonna be chaos tomorrow.