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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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On Sept. 1, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority lowered cash and CharlieTicket fares to match CharlieCard prices due to budget problems. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA lowers cash, CharlieTicket fares

Kyla Denisevich September 2, 2020
Boston’s public transportation riders paying with cash or a CharlieTicket will no longer have to spend more than those with CharlieCards.
A person walks past a Green Line train departing Saint Paul Street station. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

How best to get around campus

Allison Pirog June 12, 2020
Many incoming Boston University students dream of taking in all the views campus has to offer — the city skyline, brownstones on the tree-lined Bay State Road and sailboats on the Charles River.
Several Boston-area advocacy groups have spoken out about the possible fare increase of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority services that would go into effect in July. ILLUSTRATION BY ETHAN CAPELLO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA votes on new fare system

Samantha J. Gross March 7, 2016

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Fiscal Management and Control Board voted Monday to implement a new fare system, which will be put in place July 1, according to an official fare table provided...

A student’s guide to transportation

Mina Corpuz June 10, 2015

Public transportation is one popular way among students of traveling through Boston and exploring the city. Through a network of subways, buses, commuter rails and boats, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation...

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