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- noun A stored-value
smart card used bypassengers to pay theirfares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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Examples
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is suing a trio of MIT students, saying their plan to unmask potential security flaws in the CharlieCard and Charlie-Ticket systems at a Las Vegas computer conference would cause “significant damage to the transit system.”
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I have a lot of confidence that we will be back to where we were before January, where basically you can count on the site every day being there,'' said Gary S. Foster, chief technology officer for the MBTA, who oversees not just the website but all network and system hardware and software, including the computing behind the CharlieCard.
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Riders who use a standard CharlieCard now pay $1.70 for a subway ride and $1.25 to ride a bus.
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The Reduced Fare CharlieCard Offices at Back Bay and Downtown Crossing stations will be closed on 2/2/11 due to inclement weather.
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The T last raised fares Jan. 1, 2007, tied to full rollout of the CharlieCard and CharlieTicket automated fare system and retirement of the token.
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The MBTA is now partnering with MIT's Center for Future Civic Media and reaching out to the tech community, offering modest prizes like CharlieCard passes and chances to play with the
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Internet down in a half-hour; more recently, a group of MIT students earned notoriety for finding a way to hack the MBTA's CharlieCard.
Top Tech News 2010
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Bus fares are $1.25 for CharlieCard holders and $1.50 for others.
Golden Gate [X]pReSS 2010
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One way from Boston: CharlieCard $1.70; CharlieTicket or cash-on-board, $2.
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Transportation Authority, which a year and a half ago sued a group of MIT undergraduates who uncovered flaws in the CharlieCard system to keep them from presenting their findings at a hacker conference.
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