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Ride your bike to Alewife

By adamg on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 5:53pm

Plenty of room in the station's new bike cages, accessible with a special bike CharlieCard.

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Alewife
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By Brett on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 8:31pm.

And if you have a monthly pass via an employer, you can't use it. You have to use this special card...

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By Ron Newman on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 8:44pm.

It's not a regular CharlieCard. It's a special card whose only purpose is to unlock the bicycle cage. That's by design, to limit the number of people who have access to it.

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By Brett on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 11:32pm.

I'm pretty sure it's a CharlieCard that happens to ALSO unlock the cage; it's probably a specific range of card IDs or something, and the cage only unlocks for those numbers. Unless it really is a "swipe" card, in which case, that's even worse "integration."

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By Lyss on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 9:02pm.

Encouraging people to record their bike's serial number and etc. seems like a good idea.

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By adamg on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 7:49am.

These things are awesome!

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By adamg on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 7:57am.

Alewife commuter Dan Dunn remains a bit skeptical that the cages will actually deter theft or that the T will actually keep the cages maintained:

Maintenance. The T simply sucks at it. They don't have anything that doesn't break down. Trains, turnstiles, parking lot gates, ticket dispensers, signals, tracks, bridges, speakers, coin dispensers, buses, dollar-bill readers, pavement, batteries, rechargers, refuellers, radios, electronic signage, locks, security systems, etc. If the T has it, it breaks. Let's see if this cage is still intact and functional in 6 months or 6 years.

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By Jiffywoob on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 9:53pm.

That second to last phtoto makes it look like a row of stairmasters. Welcome to the Alewife branch of Boston Sports Clubs!

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