AUTHOR: M. DATE: 9:41:00 PM ----- BODY:

A little feedback for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: The new Charlie Cards are a good idea. A debit system can work, and enough with the tokens. May I suggest that next time you institute a new system, you finagle things so that the new system works at all of the stations? That way, when someone puts in money at one station for a round trip on a Charlie Card, they don't have to buy a token for their return trip because there are no machines that accept Charlie Cards at the return station. Just a thought. P.S. Thanks especially for the 17 Susan B. Anthony dollars you gave me in exchange for my $20 bill. Next time I'll bring a wagon instead of a wallet.

-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: J COMMENT-DATE:9:02 AM COMMENT-BODY:haha.
they give susan b's at the post office too. such a pain. -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Shirky COMMENT-DATE:9:32 AM COMMENT-BODY:or the other way around, where you have an extra token, and you are at south station, and you are screwed. -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Lo COMMENT-DATE:8:48 PM COMMENT-BODY:As a former Massachusetts dweller, I will just say that I *love* them being called Charlie Cards. Too cute.

(Apparently that was worth de-lurking over. Hi.) -------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Anonymous COMMENT-DATE:11:45 AM COMMENT-BODY:NO SHIT. WTF, MBTA? The whole semi-implementation of the Charlie card thing is so infuriating. Meanwhile, at the stations where it's half installed they just wave everybody through. Huh? The T makes me so very angry sometimes. --------