Read, Listen or Sleep Your Way to Campus on the T
NEWS UPDATE
The MBTA has removed our ability to activate and deactivate CharlieCards in the MBTA Corporate Website for the MIT Subsidized T-Pass Program. We are still able to add a new CharlieCard to the MIT account or delete a CharlieCard from the MIT account.
The CharlieCard is intended to be a permanent card offering uninterrupted monthly service.
How does this change impact MIT subsidized Pass holders?
Your CharlieCard will automatically be reloaded for the next month unless you opt to suspend your pass, skip a month, cancel out of the MIT Subsidized T-Pass Program or change the type of pass
Your CharlieCard will be deleted from the MBTA system any time you opt to suspend your pass, skip a month, cancel out of the MIT Subsidized T-Pass Program or change the type of pass. You will then be issued a new CharlieCard for the new pass type or when you resume service. The new CharlieCard must be picked up at the designated pick up times and locations.
Lost CharlieCard?
Lost cards will be replaced at the Parking and Transportation
Office (W20-022) for a $15.00 fee.
For Students
Student MIT Subsidized T-Pass accounts are active from September to August each school year. Students need to reapply to the MIT Subsidized T-Pass Program each year. We encourage students to complete an on-line application for the next school year before they leave campus for the summer.
On January 1, 2007 the MBTA increased commuting fares. In addition to the fare increases there was a change in T-pass types. The Subway, Combo and Combo Plus pass types were replaced by a LinkPass. Both LinkPass and Local Bus service are provided on a new, reusable CharlieCard which provides unlimited travel on the local bus and rapid transit network. Commuter Rail and Commuter Boat riders continue to pick up a monthly T-pass, called the CharlieTicket. Three new CharlieTickets are now available to MIT riders: Zone 1A, Inner Express Bus and Outer Express Bus. Although the price of the T-passes went up, MIT staff, who purchase their passes through the Parking and Transportation Office, continue to receive the same level of subsidy from the Institute.
MIT Subsidy Program
In an effort to promote public transportation and help reduce traffic congestion around campus, MIT subsidizes the purchase of MBTA monthly passes for students and employees. Once you are enrolled in the program, a Charlie Card, a reusable smart card, will be issued to all Bus and LinkPass users. A Charlie Ticket will be ordered for Commuter Rail and Commuter Boat riders and ready for pickup during the last three business days of each month.
Who is eligible for the MIT T-pass program?
- Registered students who have a current bursar account and do not have a full parking permit.
- Employees who are eligible for payroll deduction and do not have a full parking permit.
Apply online for a T-pass at https://commuting.mit.edu.
T-Pass Pick Up Locations and Times
When you fill out the T-pass application, you choose one location where you would like to pick up your Charlie Ticket (monthly pass) every month: either the Stata Center, First Floor lobby across from the Information Desk, or the Parking and Transportation Office, Room W20-022.
Charlie Tickets are available for pick up during the last three business days and the first business day of the month at the Stata Center, First Floor lobby in the Vassar/Main Street lobby entrance, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM or the Parking and Transportation Office, Room W20-022 from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
Prepaid passes will be held in the Parking and Transportation Office
after the monthly pick up days and can be picked up weekdays from
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
To change your pick up location or make other changes
to your T pass selection, go to the Commuting
Online website. Follow the “continue” arrow to the
link where you can “change, cancel or suspend” your account.
| MONTHLY PASS ZONES (EFFECTIVE 1/1/2007) | ||
| Zone | Regular Price | Subsidized Price |
| Local Bus | $40.00 | $15.50 |
| LinkPass | $59.00 | $29.50 |
| Zone 1A | $59.00 | $29.50 |
| Zone 1 | $135.00 | $67.50 |
| Zone 2 | $151.00 | $79.00 |
| Zone 3 | $163.00 | $91.00 |
| Zone 4 | $186.00 | $114.00 |
| Zone 5 | $210.00 | $138.00 |
| Zone 6 | $223.00 | $151.00 |
| Zone 7 | $235.00 | $163.00 |
| Zone 8 | $250.00 | $178.00 |
| Water Shuttle | $198.00 | $139.00 |
| Inner Express Bus | $89.00 | $44.50 |
| Outer Express Bus | $129.00 | $64.50 |
Prices are subject to change without notice.
Pre-Tax Salary Reduction
If you elect to have the cost of a monthly T-pass or MBTA Commuter Rail Pass deducted directly from your pay by MIT, your monthly pay will be automatically reduced by the amount of that deduction up to the maximum allowed under the tax rules (with the balance of the monthly deduction beginning after-tax), unless you specifically elect otherwise, in writing, before each October 1st.
Because T-passes are available for purchase through MIT, your pre-tax payment for T-passes (up to the monthly pre-tax limit) is available only on a direct salary reduction basis. You cannot receive cash reimbursement for T-passes.
Additional information about this benefit can be found on the Qualified Transportation Benefit Plan page.
