The Charlie Card
According to the Boston Metro, the MBTA is considering doing away with the thirty-year tradition of free outbound rides on the Green Line. While this isn’t a surprising move financially, the reason behind it is. The T apparently believes that the new “Charlie Card” (along the lines of NYC’s MetroCard) will speed fare collection enough to resume charging those of us who have slipped though the cracks in the name of expediency all these years.
All I can say is, that’s the best joke I’ve heard since the fare increase.
[Update] Apparently the Charlie Card is more like the DC SmarTrip RFID-ish system than the MetroCard slot-sucking readers, in which case it may actually perform as advertised.