Details are still coming in, but it seems the MBTA will be creating a special bike cage (along with a special Charlie card that has Charlie on a bike). The cage will be opened by the card and will provide safer bike parking for the Alewife T stop.

The new cards will also function as normal T cards, so there is no need to carry two at a time.

Hurray bike week! I will try and get my hands on one of these new cards and see what kind of bike they put him on.

Having ample/secure bike parking would encourage more people to take the T, so I hope that this program spreads and cages spring up all over the system. Next up, getting bike racks on EVERY bus…