Metro Begins Tap-to-Exit Pilot Program to Boost Safety on Train Lines

Published on May 29, 2024

LOS ANGELES—In an effort to boost safety on train lines, Metro on May 28 formally rolled out a pilot program in the North Hollywood neighborhood that requires rail passengers to tap their fare card to exit the subway station. The move is aimed at providing more assurance that people who are riding the trains paid the fare to board the line. Sheriff Robert Luna said in recent comments that the vast majority of people arrested or detained in connection with wrongdoing on the transit system had not paid the proper fare to board. Passengers are required to use a TAP card to pay the fare before boarding a bus or train. Beginning Tuesday, passengers exiting the Metro B (Red) Line train at the North Hollywood station are required to again tap the fare card to leave the station....

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