[1634] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] RE: Mandatory T passes?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Chen)
Fri Oct 21 16:35:15 2005
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:30:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kevin Chen <kchen@mit.edu>
To: James J Wnorowski <jamwno@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62L.0510211506240.995@apo.mit.edu>
cc: Diandra Lucia <dmariel@mit.edu>
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cc: mit-talk@mit.edu
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On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, James J Wnorowski wrote:
> I don't think anyone has mentioned the bit of tying the T-pass onto the
> MIT ID card. I'm not sure that bit is a good idea. Granted, it would
> make the pass a lot harder to sell or otherwise get rid of, but i'm not
> convinced that it would work right with the Silver line, since they have
> the card readers that suck the card in instead of swiping it. I think
> the current ID with its RFID goodness is just too thick for that to work
> right.
Eventually all the T stations and buses will have prox readers -- the
CharlieCard (not the current CharlieTickets available from the Airport and
other Blue line stations) will be a prox card.
--
Kevin Chen
http://www.sneswhiz.com/
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