Bus
TransitMatters
TransitMatters Reveals The MBTA's Slowest And ...

[The Pokey/Schleppie Awards] identifies the most unreliable routes and suggests bus priority infrastructure implementations, operations modernization, and policy and planning changes to create a better bus network for riders.

TransitMatters Reveals The MBTA's Slowest And Most Bunched Buses
Public Comment
TransitMatters
TransitMatters Director's Public Comment At ...

“I'm excited to see [the Low Income Fare] program increase access, change lives, and save riders and the Commonwealth money.”

TransitMatters Director's Public Comment At March 2024 MBTA Board Meeting
Public Comment
TransitMatters
TransitMatters Executive Director's Speech At ...

“The lack of sustainable, long-term funding hurts the ability of public transit to operate, plan, or build efficiently. I hope that the recently announced task force will give us some of those options to fully fund public transit.”

TransitMatters Executive Director's Speech At Governor Healey's Press Conference
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Valentines For Transit Workers

Join TransitMatters in showing our appreciation for transit workers by giving Valentine’s Day cards to frontline transit workers on February 14!

Valentines For Transit Workers
Commuter Rail, Advocacy
TransitMatters
2023 Regional Rail Retrospective

As Regional Rail gains momentum, we at TransitMatters are fine-tuning our advocacy strategy to keep pressure on the state and T to invest in the system.

2023 Regional Rail Retrospective

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CharlieCards Coming to a Commuter Train Near You

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CharlieCards Coming to a Commuter Train Near You

If you have a corporate monthly pass...

Commuter rail passengers rejoice! In addition to having restored 42 more scheduled trains to service, bringing them up to 82% of normally scheduled service, it looks like Keolis and the MBTA will soon be issuing CharlieCards to all customers who receive their monthly passes through the corporate program.

According to an advisory issued to corporate subscribers, customers will be given CharlieCards on a monthly basis, replacing paper CharlieTickets. These will be loaded with a LinkPass that can be used on buses and trains (presumably for all non-Interzone passes). By the sound of it, there will be an indicator of the card's validity and cards will only be visually examined by commuter rail conductors.

More about the program after the break.