A ‘smart card’ that’s not so smart The Compass Card is a smart chip card available to MTS and North County Transit District passengers for daily, multi-day and monthly transit passes.

SANDAG appears to have greatly underestimated the full cost of having a functional, user-friendly and secure Compass Card. MTS and SANDAG said estimates for achieving full compliance are around $7 ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Starting Monday, the cost of a day pass for Metropolitan Transit System buses will be upped $2 unless the passenger has a Compass Card. According to MTS, ticket machines at all ...

The bus will issue a paper card, but it must be traded in for a plastic Compass Card the same day at the MTS store Downtown. The cards can be reloaded on the bus. Riders don't have to buy the $2 ...

SAN DIEGO — Starting today, the cost of a day pass for Metropolitan Transit System buses will be upped $2 unless the passenger has a Compass Card. According to MTS, ticket machines at all ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Public transportation riders in San Diego County can now store cash balances on their compass cards for use on buses, trains and trolleys operated by the Metropolitan Transit ...

Two San Diego officials called on the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) to fix its Compass Card, a card used to pay fares on the city's buses and trolleys. At a Tuesday press conference ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego's Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is rolling out a new payment card system. The old Compass Card program is being replaced by PRONTO cards. MTS is holding 50 ...

Starting Wednesday, riders were able to store up to $300 dollars on Compass, which is a reusable plastic card issued by MTS. In the past, riders who didn’t use mass transit frequently enough to ...

MTS officials said they’re working a next-generation fare collection system that may or may not replace the Compass card, but would add convenience and options to purchasing fares. With the ...

Under Compass, we had validators and we encouraged people ... not including other credit card merchant fees. The MTS board will formally take up the issue in June. If MTS gets the green light, it’d ...

Less trumpeted is the fact that riders who use the system’s Compass Card to pay their way have been ... seven years later after a glitchy start. MTS touted a new, imminent function in 2013 ...