How to Put the MBTA in Your Cell Phone

It's official. You can now put Charlie in your cell phone or on your computer. The T has a big, fat announcement on its home page, featuring an image of a gleeful woman. She's happy now, but she hasn't seen the charges that will result from all her text messages.

Anyway, Bostonist has signed up. You can choose the "mode of service" you prefer: commuter rail, subway, bus, silver line, and boat. (Thank goodness the T realizes that the Silver Line is a mutant hybrid and therefore stands on its own.) Then you can pick which line you want to follow. In the trial run, you can choose up to three lines to follow.

Since we'd be power users, we're just having them sent to the ol' e-mail address 'cause we're cheap. But we haven't heard anything from Charlie yet. Have you?

Image of happy T lady from mbta.com.