Tag: Transit

  • Transit: Validating your fare at the new Green Line stations

    To board a train at the new Green Line stations in Somerville and Medford, the MBTA requires riders to either (1) have a validation slip or (2) tap-after-you-board. This is because of the platform design on the northern branches to Union Square and Tufts University: when you board, the farebox is on the “wrong”, opposite…

  • Transit: Where to get a fare on the T?

    What is one thing you would change about buying fares on the T? I’m a regular bus and subway rider with a pass through work. But, others in my life have to pay for their own passes and trips. One thing that I would change about buying fares on the T is to make it…