One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This archival content was originally written for and published on KPCC.org. Keep in mind that links and images may no longer work — and references may be outdated.
LA Metro machines unable to take credit/debit cards Tuesday morning
TAP card machines.
(
Oran Viriyincy via Flickr Creative Commons
)
Los Angeles's Metro system was unable to accept credit/debit cards at the TAP card machines Tuesday morning for almost six hours.
Metro tweeted about the problem during the morning commute:
At about 2 a.m., work was being done on Metro's ticket vending machine system to replace an obsolete piece of equipment and that work ended up causing an intermittent problem with TAP machines accepting credit and debit cards, Metro spokesman Paul Gonzales tells KPCC. The outage lasted from 2 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., Gonzales said.
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department, which patrols Metro, knows there was a problem with credit card/debit card purchases Tuesday morning, so if a person boarded a bus or train and indicated they tried to make a purchase but were unable to because of this problem, they were not given a citation, Gonzales said.
It's unknown what the cause of the problem was or how many passengers were affected, according to Gonzales.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
