Is Metro LA free right now?

Is Metro LA free right now?

In March 2020, Los Angeles’ public-transit agency, Metro, stopped collecting fares on its buses as a COVID-19 safety precaution. For the next 22 months, Metro waived fares for anyone who wanted to keep riding its buses, anywhere they wanted to go (as long as they wore a mask, of course). And people did keep riding.

Do I need a tap card to ride the Metro?

To ride Metro Rail, you must pay with a TAP card. Alert Metro tokens are no longer accepted as payment.

How do you use the tap app on the bus?

TAP App now available on both iPhone and Android phones

1. In the TAP app, sign in or create a TAP account.
2. In the Cards section, press the add card icon at the top left.
3. Press “Add a TAP Card on Your Phone.”
4. Follow the prompts to add a “virtual” TAP card to your phone to use it to tap and pay.

How do I add money to my Metro TAP card?

Reload your TAP card:

1. Call TAP Customer Service at 866. TAPTOGO.
2. Visit over 450 TAP vendor locations.
3. Visit a Metro Customer Center.
4. Use a TAP vending machine (TVM) located at all Metro rail stations, Metro Silver Line and Metro Orange Line stations and at the El Monte Station.

Is MTA bus free?

Discounts offered The base fare is $1.75 a ride and $100 for a monthly transit pass. Enforcement begins a month later, according to LA Metro.

Is public transportation in LA free?

Despite the premature end to the universal fare-free program (the pandemic is still very much happening), the fare-free program was a climate, economic, and racial justice victory. “Stop moving to Los Angeles.