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Originally Posted by davidfor
We're a bit backward down under. The current tickets have a magnetic stripe. They are just introducing some sort of swipe card, but not yet on the line I use.
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Clipper is a 'contactless ststem' (RFID?). You don't even have to remove it from your wallet in many cases, just hold it over the 'Pad' at the gate.
The
Guard has a hand-held that can validate that there is a active 'Tag on' for that transit mode registered in the Clipper system.
1 card to rule them all now in the Bay Area