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zolland | 5 months ago

How did you pay? I made a Clipper account that I fill up with my credit card and tap my phone to pay...

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owlbite|5 months ago

Which is still shockingly outdated compared to e.g. London, where I just use my tap to pay method of choice on entry and exit, done.

kelnos|5 months ago

I have a Clipper Card on my Android phone and pay for BART and SF Muni that way.

BART does now accept credit cards at the turnstiles now (I think this started 2 years ago). Agreed that it took a long while to get there, much much longer than in other places.

Personally I prefer the Clipper method, as it's generally faster to scan than a contactless credit card payment (that's going to always be the case for closed-loop payment system). I also like that BART (and Muni, Caltrain, etc.) will pay less to Visa/Mastercard/whomever in transaction fees if I use my Clipper card and periodically top it up (which, as I have my Clipper card on my phone, happens automatically if the balance ever falls below $10). Credit card tap-to-pay is a nice convenience for out-of-town visitors and for locals who rarely use transit and don't have Clipper (or who use a physical Clipper card but forgot it at home), but I don't think it's a great way to pay for transit day-to-day.

lazyasciiart|5 months ago

Oooh, even behind e.g London, the first city in the world to offer tap and pay with bank cards!

jlebar|5 months ago

They introduced tap-to-pay with your credit card a few weeks ago.

zolland|5 months ago

I mean it auto fills/pays from my card. It's just one extra step at setup. I agree it would be nice to just take my card at the rail, but "Shockingly outdated" seems a bit dramatic lol. It's certainly not comparable to "70s USSR" idk where that came from

antihero|5 months ago

(which we've had to some extent for thirteen years now)