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.