When will more munis and Metrolink begin using the TAP card?
Currently Antelope Valley, Culver City, Foothill Transit, Montebello, Norwalk, and Santa Clarita are operational on TAP, although only Metro, Foothill Transit and Antelope Valley passes can be reloaded online at this time. Discussions with other transit agencies, including Metrolink, are ongoing. One issue: Some muni bus services have been waiting to see how TAP works before adopting it. Another issue: how do users of multiple transit agencies get the fare products they need on their card? Example: Let’s say a Metro monthly pass holder wanted to transfer to the Culver City bus for an occasional trip there. There is no cash purse for Metro and Culver City’s cash purse can’t be bought online. So the Metro monthly passholder’s TAP card is rendered useless when boarding the Culver City bus. In order for TAP to truly be seamless, Metro has to activate the stored value purse. Metro is also examining the sales of TAP cards to consider where they should be sold — here’s the online locator. The
