TAP
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The latest Metrolink TAP solution
When you look over the list of 90 some posts I have contributed to this blog over the past few years, certain recurrent topics become apparent like the Wilshire bus lanes and the statewide bullet train project. Recently I have been quite involved in covering the effort by local agencies to assume management of the Pacific Surfliner intercity rail route.
October 11, 2012
Metro Continues to Expand TAP Program. Complaints Still Common
It seems that every time that Streetsblog takes a moment to discuss the Transit Access Pass (TAP) Program, it's because someone is complaining about it. From its initial rollout, the program to provide fare cards that could be used as monthly passes on Metro and other local carriers, or put simply provide a universal fare card for the Southland and its many transit operators has been under fire. Given that TAP is finding its way back in the news, now seemed a good time to check back in with the program.
February 15, 2011
TAP is being fixed, but the turnstile debacle will not go away
You might have noticed there has recently been much media attention centered on the problems of Metro's TAP system and the gating of some of the Metro Rail stations. It all started when reporter Troy Anderson at the Daily News stumbled across this long festering situation that has been the object of much righteous criticism among activists and on the blogsphere. Anderson's classic reporter instincts realized this was a hot story worth pursuing. You have to say the headline "MTA's $46M system of locking turnstiles sits unused, waiting for fare cards to be adopted" is eye-catching and even accurate!
September 2, 2010