Paper Tickets No Longer Offered throughout BART

December 14, 2020

The transition away from Paper BART tickets to Clipper Cards have been completed, according to BART. This results in eliminating the risks with COVID-19 with a touchless solution.

Using Clipper helps this effort by allowing riders to avoid direct contact with fare gates, as the card only needs to be held over the fare gate card reader without touching. Riders can further protect themselves from contact with fare machines by loading funds onto their Clipper card online, allowing up to one day for the balance to post. 

Paper tickets may still be used if passengers still have them, in addition to utilizing the fare gates and the "add fare" mechanism upon leaving the system. Those without a paper ticket may obtain a Clipper Card through: