TAP card

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The TAP card is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares across public transit systems in the Los Angeles County region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
TAP contactless smart card 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contactless smart card
reusable fare card
abbreviation TAP
canBeLoadedAt TAP mobile app
online
retail locations
ticket vending machines
cardType contactless smartcard
communicationStandard ISO/IEC 14443
country United States of America
surface form: United States
fareSystemName Transit Access Pass
hasColor blue (standard design)
introducedInYear 2007
isReloadable true
isReusable true
operatedBy Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
operatorAbbreviation Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
surface form: LA Metro
paymentMethod prepaid
regionServed Los Angeles County
surface form: Los Angeles County, California
replaces magnetic stripe fare media
paper transit passes
requires tapping on fare validator
supports disability fare products
inter-agency transfers
reduced fare products
senior fare products
stored value
student fare products
time-based passes
technology RFID
usedFor automatic fare collection
paying public transit fares
usedIn Los Angeles County
Greater Los Angeles Area
surface form: Los Angeles metropolitan area
usedOn Culver CityBus
Foothill Transit
Gardena GTrans
Glendale Beeline
Metro Bike Share
surface form: LA Metro Bike Share

Long Beach Transit
Metro Bus
surface form: Los Angeles Metro Bus

Los Angeles Metro Rail
Metrolink commuter rail
surface form: Metrolink (Southern California)

Montebello Bus Lines
Norwalk Transit
Pasadena Transit
Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
Torrance Transit

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Line fareMedium TAP card
subject surface form: Blue Line (Los Angeles Metro)
subject surface form: Metro Micro
A Line fareSystem TAP card
subject surface form: A Line (Los Angeles Metro)
D Line fareSystem TAP card
E Line fareSystem TAP card
subject surface form: E Line (Los Angeles Metro)
subject surface form: Hollywood/Western station
K Line fareSystem TAP card
L Line fareSystem TAP card
subject surface form: L Line (Los Angeles Metro)
LA Metro A Line fareSystem TAP card
Metro A Line fareSystem TAP card
Metro B Line fareSystem TAP card
Metro Bus fareSystem TAP card
Metro C Line fareSystem TAP card
Metro E Line fareSystem TAP card
subject surface form: Metro L Line (Los Angeles)
Metro Rail fareSystem TAP card
subject surface form: Metro Rail (Los Angeles)
Transit Access Pass shortName TAP card
D Line ticketingSystem TAP card
this entity surface form: TAP contactless smart card