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 ...

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“MTS should immediately upgrade its payment ... “It is really important to encourage safe, reliable and functional compass cards that don’t just have a few options.” Compass cards are ...

One alternative is to pay a single fare with exact change, often $2.25. MTS wants to change that so that Compass Cards can also be used for “stored value” — meaning an occasional rider could ...

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 ...

This photo, taken on July 9, 2019, shows MTS’s adult Compass Card and the Compass Card app. (Brandon Quester/inewsource)[/caption Support timely, comprehensive news. Times of San Diego is ...

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 (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 ...

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 (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 ...