2018 Central Avenue Jazz Festival TAP Card

So, yesterday July 23, 2018 I'm on the Red Line going to Hollywood and Highland.  A person comes onto the train at Pershing Square.  He is in the process of putting away a TAP Card I haven't seen before.  The Central Avenue Jazz Festival TAP Card pictured above.  So, I asked him where did he get the TAP Card.  He said at the customer service  at Union Station.  He got it earlier that morning.  By the time I got back to Union Staton, the customer service counter was closed, they close at 6:30pm Monday -Friday.

So, today I went to Union Station and got this TAP Card.  Now some issues.  The lady helping me was very rude and short.  Metro needs to train it's customer service rep better.  TAP Cards now cost $2, whether you buy them at the machines or the customer service centers.  Before at the machines they were $1.  Not a big deal.  But, what is a big deal is that you need to add a minimum of $5 stored value when buying a TAP Card at any customer service center.  STUPID!  LADOT allows you to just buy the TAP Card for $2!  Why is Metro so stupid?

Anyways, I found out that these TAP Cards will also be for sale at the  Central Avenue Jazz Festival this weekend!!

Anyways, this is a great TAP Card, very colorful and one of my favorites of the ones released in 2018!!

2013 CicLAvia TAP Card

CicLAvia is a great event!  It's a car-free street event that encourages people to use other forms of transportation-bike, walk, etc, all over the Los Angeles area.

In 2013, if you did the CicLAvia on Iconic Wilshire Blvd., and you donated $20 to CivLAvia, you got the TAP card pictured above!

I never went to a CicLAvia until I saw that Go Human was going to be at the Pomona Valley CicLAvia.  I got my Go Human TAP Card!!

I saw the CicLAvia TAP card and it's been on my list of TAP Cards that I want to add to my collection.  Luckily, a very nice person on Instagram was willing to give me this TAP card.  I offered her to trade for any TAP card, but she wasn't into collecting them!  So, she just gave it to me!!

Here is my list of TAP cards I want to add to my collection!!  The Expo Line to Santa Monica and three of the LADOT TAP Cards are the TAP cards I want the most!!

The design is kinda of boring, but I finally got this TAP Card!!

2018 LADOT Tap Cards-Orange LA & Blue Palm Tree

On July 9, 2018 LADOT showed their two newest TAP Cards on their Instagram page.  The TAP Card at the top, I'll call the Orange LA and the bottom TAP Card, I'll call it the Blue LA Palm Tree.  I love the orange LA but the Blue LA Palm Tree is boring.  


I waited until Tuesday July 10th to pick up these two TAP cards.  I went to the Highland Park Farmer's Market and they had a table there.  I was able to buy both TAP Cards without any issues!!  Very nice to see, because with their Griffith Park TAP card I wasted a trip to one of their mobile sites.

These two TAP cards are the 9th and 10th TAP Cards issued by LADOT.  I have 7 of the 10!  The other TAP Cards released by LADOT are the already mentioned Griffith Park TAP Card.  I got these three LADOT TAP Cards, Gray LA, Blue Downtown LA, and Green Swirl.  The Let's Fig it Out TAP Card that was released earlier in 2018.

I am missing these three TAP Cards!  I would like to add them to my collection.  If you have these three LADOT TAP Cards, contact me and let's work out a trade!