If the T didn't stink like it does maybe people would be more willing to pay. In Paris the stations are spotless and well lit and the trains are safe, clean and quiet. Electronic signs tell you when the next train will arrive. I love the Paris Metro. I hate the T.

Thousands of tickets written, but most get unpaid? I think arresting fare-jumpers on the spot should take place, and the fine: $500. Suddenly it will all die down in a few weeks. Z

The fare evasion on the Green Line is absurd and rampant! As a monthly pass holder, I must admit it really annoys me and make those of us who actually pay feel like chumps. I realize the design of the above ground trolley's is problematic. But the operators seem VERY disparate is how diligent that are in collecting. On the D line, most of the morning flow is into the city with few people getting off at the most western stations. So there, they should only open the front doors as there aren't that many people getting off. But it seems very erratic when the operaters do this which is also frustrating. It just seems really random. Same for rush our heading home. It seemed that the approach for a while was a delay in opeing the back doors so that it you were getting off, you might have to wait a little for that door to open, but it was enough of a delay to funnel the people boarding to the front.But again, execution was erratic. I've seen operaters totally forget to open the back after the delay and then commuters had to ride another stop. There is no perfect approach, but the MBTA management needs to come up with a plan and the execute upon in CONSISTENTLY! Otherwise those of us who pay san't take them seriously that they want to collect fares from cheaters...just from us chumps

T stations have not had Charley cards available for a month. Why not ?

Unfortunately the Green Line situation is almost unfixable, short of completely walling off the stations and turning them into actual housed train stations (not possible on the B, C, or E trains). Because the Green Line is a trolley-type subway, we're stuck. To keep the train moving at any sort of reasonable pace the conductor has to balance letting some evaders get on the back doors so that people can load and unload in a timely fashion. If everyone had to use the front door you might sit at each station for 5-10 minutes during rush hour, unacceptable. And if the driver stops the train until each evader comes to the front, again you're sitting waiting. The other underground lines should be easier to enforce with better turnstiles/barriers. I don't know why the barriers aren't taller than they are, makes no sense. Make them go to the ceiling so people can't jump them.

I'm curious to see if the legislature books the payment of these fines into their budget. An expensive fine which is rarely paid = budget shortfall.

Globe:"...slipping in behind someone who had just paid". My girlfriend is petite and is a target for these creeps. Please write the tickets slowly to inconvenience these thieves. How about cash or credit card payment on spot? EBT accepted, of course.

As a monthly pass holder, this irks me more than delayed trains. Why is this a noncriminal offense? It is theft of service and the last time I checked, stealing was a crime. Make it $500 a fine or 30 days in jail and you'll see the rate go down.

Most systems in Europe are either funded adequately by government (gasp!) and/or privately run. But here we expect to be served filet mignon after paying for a burger.

I don't have a problem with a $50 fine for scofflaws. But what kind of recourse can there be when my paid-for monthly pass doesn't work, causing me to miss a train? Should I get a refund? The T needs to make sure the monthly passes are working. I buy mine every month, and they are often faulty.

It'll be interesting to see how the T will collect the $50 fine when they can't even figure out how to turn down the ear-blasting volume on the audio-announcements on commuter rail trains! And there are so many people driving around with no license anyway, this will not deter the offenders one single bit! I'd like to see the T spending more of their (our) time and money getting the bloody trains to arrive on time! Even with the work that's being done to upgrade the tracks the list of delay excuses has been expanded to: mechanical failure, engine trouble, signal problems, weather-related issues, "earlier train is late and we're following them", bridge repair, replacing railroad ties... My train to Rockport hasn't been on time, going into Rockport or into Boston in months. I could go on with my list of gripes...but it seems to fall on deaf ears...

Your picture with the article shows a black kid hoping the gate. I have had many women in nice business suits push close to me when I go through the gate to get in with me especially at stops where there are no MBTA workers there to see.