Fines of $75 await CTFastrak passengers who ride the buses without valid tickets sold at fare machines on the platforms.
"All you do is do this thing and then jump on the bus," said Chris Yarmolovich as he waited for a bus in Newington. "You don't even have to look at the bus driver or talk to the bus driver, just hop on."
The ability to "just hop on" is the reason the fare machines are on the platforms.
"In order for the bus to pull in, open all doors, people to get on and off and the bus to be on its way quickly, we like people to already have a proof of payment before they get on," said CTFastrak administrator Michael Sanders.
Sanders said the new system is in the "education and awareness" phase, but fare inspectors are preparing to enforce the proof of payment requirement.
He said tickets should be sold by the end of the year through mobile phones.
