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Hooray! Direct Payment Finally Comes to Bay Area Transit
Advocates and officials celebrate as the Bay Area finally joins New York, London, Toronto, and other cities with a modernized fare-payment system
December 10, 2025
How Much Will You Save on Transit with Clipper 2.0?
Advocates release a new online fare calculator so people can see how much they'll save with the features of the new Clipper system
Carter Lavin
November 7, 2025
Study: Advocates Suggest a More Equitable Way Forward for Clipper II
If done poorly, without including discount fare programs or providing banking support services, the move to open payments risks leaving low-income riders further behind, finds a new report from the advocates at Transform
October 29, 2025
Clipper 2.0 Launch and Getting Outdoors
Clipper upgrade launches December 10th. It'll make it easier and cheaper to take transit to the Bay Area's great parks and hiking trails
Evan Tschuy
October 22, 2025
BART Launches Open Payments
Starting Wednesday, it will be possible to open BART's fare gates with the tap of a credit or debit card. But advocates want to know when the rest of the Bay Area's disparate transit systems will get on board
August 19, 2025
Free Transit Transfers and Clipper II Rollout Delayed Indefinitely
The Bay Area was supposed to modernize fare collection this summer, with free transfers, direct payment, and more. But all that's now on hold
May 20, 2024
Legislation Promises Transit Integration for Bay Area
Might Bay Area transit finally start to make sense?
February 4, 2022
Bay Area Transit Task Force Approves Pilot Cross-Agency Transit Passes – and Free Transfers
It's taken years of advocacy work, and isn't done yet. But huge progress is being made on making transit fares make sense to riders.
November 16, 2021
Editorial: Ferry Ride Highlights FUBAR Fares
The Bay Area's fare structure--or lack of one--is an unmitigated disaster that has to be fixed now
July 30, 2019
Call to Action: Sign Petition to Put the Rider First
Seamless Bay Area launches drive to start Bay Area towards rational, integrated fares
July 8, 2019
