3.0 of 5 stars.
Umm...why would you rate a subway station? Yet here I am. Chiming in, because Porter Square is unique in that it has what I call the "descent into the 18 levels of hell". The escalators feel THAT…
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This T stop is like climbing up & down the side of an Aztec temple with some serious stair action! And watching people shoot down the escalator during the morning commute is great! Until of course you…
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I Ran
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have never been to Boston before but I ended up staying with a friend for a few days. She had to work so she told me to go and get a Charlie card and told me where to go. I was kind of nervous at…
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars for being bad ass. Escalators are for pussies! Take the stairs. Better yet, carry your 50 pound cruiser bicycle up the stairs with you! Scare your fellow commuter! Make huffing sounds while you…
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the area's best secret cheap gym. I mean, what stair master could ever be as effective as the epic walk up the Porter steps? It's an intense climb that can be both daunting and challenging,…
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Byfar the best payment system among the public transportation systems in the United States. It's much easier than NYC, Chicago, or San Francisco's. But the incremental roll-out was awful forcing many…
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Since moving to Porter Square last June, I am happy to say I have only taken the escalator up two times. I walk this every evening (117 stairs). I also see no buns of steel on myself, but at least…
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The only time I've had to walk up the stairs was when I was chasing after my friend. Of course it was her first time there and it didn't occur to her that taking the escalator would have been more…
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Charlie is the man! While not a perfect system, having a card than can be quickly and easily reloaded is leaps and bounds better than a token or cash system. If you are running low, the kiosks to add…
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
#1 charlie is an adorable icon (where else does a song become a functioning part of city public transport?) love it. #2 it's FAST but be sure to load your card in advance of course when you're NOT in a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Easy, fast and convenient, plus I receive you through my job at a very discounted rate. My only suggestion--if the monthly passes were a different color from the others, it would make boarding above…
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The system's still flawed -- the billing aspect of it isn't as efficient as the MetroCard in NYC for example -- but use couldn't be easier. Systems like this are in place in most major cities around…
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Boasting the most gargantuous escalator on the planet, Porter Square is the ultimate climacophobe's nightmare. If you can overcome the descent to the center of the earth, you'll understand why you've…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Charlie may only have half a face, but as long as you have half a brain, you can master his Card. Man, Yelp makes me sound so lame. Either way, it's a solid system. Just load up your card at a machine…
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You tap the card, you ride the train. If you can't master this, I'll tap yo face and you can ride the PAIN TRAIN!
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
WHOA STAIRS. The T could probably make some money filming riders trying to run down those steps after "TRAIN APPROACHING" announcements are made. It takes like 20 minutes to walk down those things--fat…
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Thank goodness they have more than one escalator going up in this station, since I'm pretty sure that if they had no operational upwards escalators, there would be a bloody rampage downstairs. I don't…
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I refuse to look up or down while going up or down the stairs/escalator. I'm afraid of heights, and I have a mild case of vertigo and the last thing I need is to fall all
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have buns of steel - thank you Porter Square T station and your constantly out of order escalators. Rock.
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This thing is great. Mostly. I love that I just have this card that never leaves my wallet, which magically recharges itself every month. No more having to worry that I just tossed out the new…
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Since I no longer have my car,(boo hoo) I now practically live on the T and I am so happy that Boston has this card system. I remember in the past, always trying to scrounge up cash to buy tokens…
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
No one loves the innovation of public transportation more than me, don't get me wrong. If it weren't for the T and buses I might find myself trapped indoors during the freezing winter, rain or any day…
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Now let me start off by saying that this should not be a destination for a date, but would be a fantastic place to start one off (if you ignore the pee smell that it sometimes has. Urine is the only…
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I miss the tokens a bit, cause they were kinda cute, but I'm glad some parts of the T system are being updated. Now if only a couple of the lines would catch up in modern-ness...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't think anyone can argue that those tokens were a pain in the ass. I think the Charlie Card is a much more efficient and effective system. No system however, is without its flaws. The regular…
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
At 59 bucks a month for unlimited rides on T and the buses, I think this is the most effective way of commuting in Boston. Absolutely love the RFID on the card, don't even need to take it out of your…
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Please note, this review is not for the T itself. If I were to write a review of the T system, well that's a whole different story. This is specifically for the Charlie Card itself. It's unfortunate…
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Charlie Card is awesome for all the reasons Yi-Hwa says but let me add three even better reasons... 1. If you are with friends they let you just pass your card back to them so you can pay for them too…
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just tap and go. Nothing could be easier. Well, maybe except if it was free or way cheap and if it made the trains show up just as I arrive at the station. Charlie Cards are awesome.
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Note: This is a review on the MBTA's adopted mascot of "Charlie" as well as the associated plastic/paper card/system. I hate song "Charlie and the MBTA", by the Kingston Trio. In fact, I hope they…
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I miss BART. never seemed to have a problem, until I moved back to Boston. Don't understand this shit at all and talking to the people from the T doesn't clarify anything either cuz they don't have…
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
awesome idea - horrible execution. oh wait... this is MBTA.... Most their ideas hurt. A lot
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It can be a pain, yes, but it's the best system I've used. I don't like having to hunt down an unfriendly MBTA worker to get a card and I wish I could get a weekly pass on one. Perhaps I can but…
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like to put my charlie card in my pocket and just bump against the pad and walk through. It makes me feel so cool.. when it works. Usually I end up not reaching or tripping or bruising my hip.. but…
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
When the refillable card came out, I was so excited to get one. T riding discounts and convenience! GREAT! Then I tried to acquire the card. Every T stop was out of them and the employees were…
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I took the 111 bus from Haymarket to chelsea (and back) for years for my commute to work. Don't know if you've ever stood at the bus platform at Haymarket Station, but it's like a freaking wind…
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i love the charlie card. it makes riding the bus ridiculously easy. when i get on the bus to go home after work, it's like that visa commercial where everyone taps and gos and then you have the one…
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yep, Somsa, I'm going to agree with you on all the plus points, but I'm taking away one star because my parents are having a hard time with it, and I think that the learning curve is a little bit…
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with mike B. - charlie card is a great idea. its nice that boston is catching up the the rest of the world in that sense. I just buy a link pass so I like that I can use it on the trains and…
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So I usually take the bus everyday, unless it's nice and then I walk, which it hasn't been lately due to the awful weather. The Charlie Card rules if everyone has one, and if not everyone does, it…
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been majorly curious about the Charlie Card for a while now since I've been away from Boston the whole time it all started up. Maybe kind of a morbid curiousity, since I feel like I've only heard…
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Unlike all these others...i like the charlie card. you just tap it and you're done. and you can store money on it. I don't ride the t much, since i drive out of the city almost every day...but other…
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The first Issue is math. When I put bucks on it and ride a few times I notice the amount left nearly every time IS LESS THAN IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THESE FUCKS ARE STEALING MY MONEY. The same thing the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, these wouldn't be so bad if everyone had one and knew how to work them. The bus system is so terrible now. If some one has to pay cash, it's a painstakingly long process. Plenty of stops have…
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
gotta be honest, only reason this gets 2 and not 1 is b/c as of yet the T hasn't realized that i've been getting away with a free pass for two months, god bless the incompetent system! tap and go would…
yelp.com - user review - 02/13/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Sure--I like that my new Charlie Card reloads itself every month. What I don't understand? They release these in January--you need to "register" them in case you lose it. But oh wait, when will…
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Not having the Charlie Card makes everything so complicated, but having the Charlie Card isn't much better. What i don't understand is why I can't use the paper one on the above ground green…
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Why does it appear to be so hard to run a public transportation system? For chrissakes- we have the oldest subway system in the country- we've had more time than anyone else to figure this out- and…
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
charlie card gets 5 stars; tap n go is a great idea. mbta gets... no stars... for an average of 3 stars... no wait... 2 stars
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Only one good thing about the card- that you get on buses faster and can store value on it. Everything else- I just want to scream!! Damn. When I went in at Symphony stop today, the card says that…
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2007
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