CharlieCard distribution

[xxv.livejournal.com]

Has anyone gotten a CharlieCard yet? I hear they were supposed to be handing them out to commuters today, but I didn't see anyone at Davis.

MBTA jargon note: CharlieCards are the RFID cards that you wave over the dark grey rectangles on the new turnstiles. CharlieTickets are the paper cards that jam the turnstiles. CharliePasses are the thin plastic cards (cleverly mislabeled "CharlieTicket") that they're deprecating.

Update: I think I made up the name "CharliePass", although I swear I saw it somewhere in the MBTA literature.
Update #2: Davis gets them starting tomorrow. Other stations get them at other times.

Comments

Re: Hoping you can help

[ron_newman]

That sounds right. This month, each subway ride should debit $1.25 from your CharlieCard. If you use it on a bus, it will debit 90 cents.

Next month, a subway ride will debit you $1.70, but you will have a free transfer to the bus.

Re: Hoping you can help

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!