Ride for Free
Active military personnel
Active-duty military personnel ride the MBTA for free. If in plainclothes, please present a valid military ID to MBTA staff. If in uniform, no identification is necessary.
Police and firefighters
Massachusetts State Police troopers, police officers, and firefighters in towns within the MBTA's service area ride for free when in full uniform and wearing an official badge. Plainclothes detectives ride for free if they present their official badge.
Government officials
Commonwealth Department of Public Utilities employees, anyone accompanying them, and state elevator inspectors ride the MBTA for free when they present a Public Official ID.
Children 11 years and younger
Children age 11 and under ride the MBTA for free. Groups including 10 or more children (regardless of the number of chaperones) must register their travel using the field trip form .