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...swipe cards, which are modeled on the token-free fare systems in New York and Washington, D.C., will begin a trial run on the Silver Line starting this January, said Lydia Rivera, an MBTA spokeswoman...
...MBTA pilot is successful, these tokens and passes would be replaced by a swipe card system, which would allow riders to purchase cards and add value to them at T station machines...
...will cost $160 million to upgrade the vending machines and turnstiles for the new cards, according to Joe Pesaturo, another MBTA spokesman...
...never talk to [the MBTA workers],” Wagner said. “On the intercom they’re all right...[but] we don’t interact that much...
...contrast, Pesaturo called the new function of the token collectors an “integral part of the plan” to redevelop the MBTA. He said it was important not only to assist customers, but to “serve as another set of eyes” to monitor safety conditions...