Governor Healey recently announced a series of new MBTA pilot programs designed to make public transportation more affordable, flexible and easier to use. Beginning this fall, the MBTA will launch three new pilot programs while also extending two popular Commuter Rail affordability programs through November.

This includes a new pilot program called Car-Free Seniors.

In partnership with the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV), the MBTA will offer free fares to Massachusetts residents age 75 and older who no longer drive. This pilot allows any Massachusetts resident aged 75 or above who holds a Massachusetts ID card and not a driver’s license to obtain a free-fare credential that applies across all of the MBTA’s bus, subway, ferry and Commuter Rail services. The pilot start date will be announced this fall.

More information on this and other programs starting this fall is available here.