2019 TAP Across LA TAP Card Pt. 2

On Friday July 26, 2019 The Source had a story about the release of the second set of TAP Across LA TAP Card.  Back in June, the first two TAP Across LA TAP Cards came out!  I'll call these two TAP Cards the aquatics version- the blue and the spotted.

After seeing the story I went to APU/Citrus station and got the spotted TAP card with no issues.  I then went to downtown Azusa to park my car to take the Gold Line into LA.  While this station isn't listed in the site, they had a sticker for the spotted TAP card.  Then I saw Irwindale had also had the spotted TAP Card.  I got off at Duarte station, and saw the blue TAP card, and got it with no problems.

I like the spotted TAP card much better.

Glad to add to my collection.

2019 LADOT TAP Cards Blue Grid & Golden Ticket!

LADOT released these two TAP Cards- the Blue Grid and The Golden Ticket (these are my names for them.  I do not know if they have an official name.) back in 2015 or 2016.  They sold out quickly.

At Ciclavia on June 30, 2019, LADOT had a table and I asked if they had any TAP Cards for sale.  They show me all the TAP Cards they have, and I see both the blue grid and golden ticket.  So I buy them.  I turn them over, and notice they have a white back.  On the back of the originals there was black stripe on the top.

I don't know when exactly LADOT re-released these two TAP Cards, but I'm glad they did!  I like both designs!!

Now they just need to do a re-release of the LA skyline with the orange background!

2019 July 4th TAP Card

I took the Gold Line to Union Station and when we passed the Monrovia Station, I noticed they had a picture of a TAP Card I've never seen before.  This is the second time I've seen a new TAP Card while taking the Gold Line; I saw the Happy 25th Birthday Metro TAP Card, also at the Monrovia Station!

So, I got off the train and looked at the machines.  The sticker on the machine was for the July 4th TAP Card!  This maybe the first time Metro has issued a TAP Card for July 4th!

Nothing on The Source, yet, about this TAP Card. 

Update June 13, 2019-  The Source finally has information about this July 4th TAP Card!

It's a very nice design with the American Flag and some fireworks.

Nice to add this to my collection.  But, when are the 2019 Ride With Pride TAP Cards coming out?

2019 Ride With Pride TAP Card

Metro has come out with their Ride With Pride TAP Card since 2017. The release of the 2017 Ride With Pride TAP Cards was a disaster!  The cards were not at the stations at the times stated.  The 2018 Ride With Pride TAP Cards release was much better.

For 2019- Metro released them at the West Hollywood Pride Parade.  You had a buy something from their popup store, and you got a free Ride With Pride TAP Card.  So, I went to West Hollywood, found the Metro popup store, bought something and got the TAP Card.  But, the lady who was there, was just clueless.  I asked just to make sure they still had the TAP Cards.  She kept saying they will be sold at the machines later this month.  I then I told her I want to make sure you had the TAP card right now.  She finally got a damn clue, and figured it out, and said they had the TAP card.  I was only going to buy something if they had the TAP Cards. 

Update June 26, 2019

The Source release information, on June 21st, about the Ride With Pride TAP Cards being released at stations starting Monday June 24 to Wednesday June 26.  On Monday June 24th, I went to Long Beach using the bus shuttle from 7th & Metro to downtown Long Beach.  The northern portion of the Blue Line is closed for renovations.  The express bus I took was awesome!! While we waited a bit outside 7th & Metro, once we got rolling it got to Long Beach quickly.   On they way back I noticed at the Pacific Station they had the Ride With Pride TAP Cards.  I got off the train and bought the TAP cards without any issues.  The biggest issue is taking the train and bus from Long Beach back to 7th & Metro.  It took about two hours, using the local shuttle that stopped at a ton of stations from the Compton Station to 7th & Metro.  Which means you have to pay additional fare if you want to transfer, if it is more than two hours!

I really like this TAP Card.  A very clean design!

2019 TAP Across LA TAP Card

June 3, 2019 I met a friend at a bar near the North Hollywood Red Line Station.  We were talking and her friend comes to our table.  She took the Red Line to this bar, and she said I just got this new TAP Card!  She had the top black TAP Card.  I asked her how did she get it.  She told me, she was going to add money onto her TAP Card, she has a regular blue TAP Card, and she noticed the sticker on the machine.  She liked the design and got one.

So, I excused myself and went to the North Hollywood Red Line Station and saw that they had two different designs! The sticker says TAP Across LA- thus the name of these TAP Cards.  I put my money in and got these TAP Cards with no problem.

There is nothing online about these TAP Cards!  A pretty cool design!

Update June 7, 2019

Metro finally put out information about this TAP Across LA TAP Card, on The Source.

2019 Memorial Day TAP Card

I was at the Irwindale Gold Line station and saw this Memorial Day TAP Card at one of the machines.  I haven't seen any information about this TAP Card on Metro's propaganda machine-The Source, but I took the Gold Line on Wednesday to get the Obama TAP Cards at Union Station.  One the way back, there wasn't a sticker at any Gold Line station, where I could see the machines that sell the TAP Cards.

On Monday, May 13, 2019, The Source has information about the 2019 Memorial Day TAP Card!

Even though I was reasonably sure I would get this TAP Card, I waited until somebody came and bought a TAP Card.  It was his first time taking Metro, and those machines aren't the most user friendly.  So, I helped him buy a card and load fare.  He got this Memorial Day TAP Card.  Then, I put in my money and got this TAP Card.

Memorial Day 2019 is just a few days before the 75th Anniversary of the DDay!  Without American and Allied troops storming the beaches of Normandy, this maybe a very different world!

2019 Obama Blvd. TAP Card

On May 8, 2019 Metro's propaganda machine- The Source- said the Barack Obama Blvd. TAP Cards are being sold at Metro customer service centers.  So, I was able to go to Union Station and get this TAP Card!  To my shock, I got very good customer service!  The man helping me was very nice.  I asked him if there are any scratches on the TAP card and he checked to make sure there weren't any!  Unlike that lady, who needs to be fired, she has no customer service skills at all.  She was so rude when I bought the 2018 Central Avenue Jazz Festival TAP Card!

This TAP Card commemorates Rodeo Road being renamed Obama Blvd.  This area is now known as Presidents' Row, as there are also streets named Washington, and Adams!!

This TAP Card has a very nice design!