Pleasant RMV experiences

[sstrickl]

Despite cutting hours due to budget cuts, my two trips to the Boston branch of the Massachusetts RMV this week were quite painless. If you combined my wait times from both trips plus how long I waited at the Cambridge Traffic, Parking, and Transportation office to get my resident's parking permit, it was still less than 10 minutes. This was

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[oxlahun]

If the MTA still has an annual fee on FAST LANE, then I recommend getting a New York E-ZPass, which is free if you're willing to do automatic replenishment from a credit or debit card.

[sstrickl]

AFAICT, trawling the FAST LANE site, there are no annual fees. I know that there used to be, but I can't see any mention of any now. I plan on calling them and seeing whether this is the case or not, as I know that getting around it via the NY system is a common thing and would be more than happy to do so myself if there still is an annual fee.

[digitalemur]

As of two years ago the NY Ezpass was still cheaper, I think because you didn't have to put down any deposit on the tag when you joined. That's what I went with.

[sstrickl]

Hmm... looks like you do have to put one down, but it's only $10 and you get it back, whereas you only get back the cost of the FAST LANE transponder within the first six months.

HOWEVER, looking at the NY EZ-Pass website, I'm not sure whether it's still possible to sign up if from MA -- definitely if you say "I'm from MA", it just transfers you to the M(A)T(urnpike)A site. So I dunno. :/