It took two years to become a reality, but you can finally ditch the superfluous Clipper Card and tap your credit or debit card directly to ride BART, starting this coming Wednesday, August 20.
It was nearly two full years ago when the Clipper Card system announced they would let you just tap to pay for rides with a credit or debit card, and we were promised the ability to do this across all Clipper Card-using Bay Area transit systems by summer 2024. But just as summer 2024 was approaching, Clipper announced that new feature would be delayed, with officials at the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) saying that the transition to credit and debit cards had “proven to be more difficult than had been estimated.”
Now it seems they’ve worked out the kinks. The Chronicle reports that you’ll be able to use credit and debit cards to tap into BART, without needing that extra Clipper Card from the vending machine, starting Wednesday, August 20…