Dec. 14th, 2006

This came out of a question I answered on [livejournal.com profile] mbta. Let's say you're trying to get from the Museum of Science to Medford Square in the new fare regime; your plausible choices include taking the T to Davis or Sullivan and then a bus, two busses from Lechmere, or commuter rail to Malden or West Medford and a bus. It turns out that for a bus-plus-subway trip, the cheaper fares and free transfer together make not using a CharlieCard cost twice as much!

RouteCash fareCharlieTicket fareCharlieCard fare
87/88 bus Lechmere to Davis, then 94/96 bus$1.50 bus + $1.50 bus$3.00$1.50 bus, free transfer$1.50$1.25 bus, free transfer$1.25
Subway to Davis, then 94/96 bus$2 subway + $1.50 bus$3.50$2 subway + $1.50 bus$3.50$1.70 subway, free transfer$1.70
Commuter rail to West Medford, then 95 bus$1.70 zone 1A CR + $1.50 bus$3.20Stored-value cards not accepted on commuter rail

...but remember, the new system has fewer special cases, so it's simpler!

RouteCurrent fareCharlieTicket fareCharlieCard fare
Davis to Kendall$1.25$2.00$1.70
Davis to Braintree$2.50$2.00$1.70
Chestnut Hill to Reservoir$3.00$2.00$1.70
Reservoir to Chestnut HillFree$2.00$1.70
Chestnut Hill to Braintree$4.25$2.00$1.70

See? The new system is perfectly simple. Just so long as you don't think about how you're paying. Or transfers. I think "not thinking of any of the corner cases even a little" is the current bane of my existence.

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