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We’re going mobile! Clipper is coming to Apple Pay and Google Pay this spring. Stay tuned for more details!
#clippercard
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BIG NEWS: Clipper is now on Apple Pay! Add Clipper to your Apple Wallet and pay transit fares with your iPhone or Apple Watch. Learn more at .
#clipperonyourphone
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Happy Halloween!! Send us pics of your costumes while riding transit OR transit-related costumes (like this Clipper family here!) 🎃 💺 👻
#TransitHalloween
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#tbt
Look at the
@SFMTA_Muni
22-Fillmore getting its time in the spotlight in Mrs. Doubtfire! 🚍 🎥 👵🏼 What's your favorite Bay Area-based movie?
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#TBT
Is your Halloween costume ready yet?? This cute
@SFBART
fam won the grand prize in the San Francisco Chronicle Halloween costume contest in 2018. We especially love Baby
#ClipperCard
!
📸:
@sfchronicle
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Whoo Clipper made it to the big screen! 😍 Check out Marvel's new
@shangchi
trailer that features our friends at
@sfmta_muni
!
If you have any fun public transit clips from movies, share them with us! 🚎
#FunFriday
📸:
@eddo_likes_you
thanks for sharing!
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It was a royal affair when Prince Charles rode
@SFBART
in the 1970s. 👑
#PrinceCharles
#SFBART
📸 :
@SFBART
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THE WAIT IS OVER: Clipper is now on
@GooglePay
! Now you can pay transit fares with your Android phone. Learn more at .
#clipperonyourphone
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Shoutout to all the Bay Area transit workers, operators, and staff! It's been a long 17 months, but thank you for keeping us moving every day! 😊 👏
#BayAreaTransit
📸:
@rideact
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Happy Halloween!! Send us pics of your costumes while riding transit OR transit-related costumes (like this Clipper family here!) 🎃 💺 👻
#TransitHalloween
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Check out this stylin’ vintage AC Transit billboard in Oakland at Telegraph and West MacArthur!
@rideact
billboards were often seen during the '60s & '70s
#TBT
(📸 :
#ACTransit
)
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Android Users: Clipper is coming to Google Pay in May! Stay tuned and learn more at .
#clipperonyourphone
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Three cheers for
#transitoperators
staying calm and carrying on through this unprecedented time. To keep them safe, enter and exit buses at the center doors and be sure to say "Thank you!" from at least 6 feet away. 😊
#ridetransitsafely
(photos via
@caltrain
and
@Trideltatransit
)
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#TBT
to June 15, 1985, when four trains, ran between San Jose and San Francisco to commemorate the end of Southern Pacific cars (on the right) on Peninsula commute service, in favor of the fresh Caltrain commuter cars (at left).
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#TBT
It was the day everyone had been waiting for... the debut of
@SFBART
's first passenger car! 👏👏👏 The space-age transit system was a renaissance in railway travel.
📸: Bill Young,
@sfchronicle
, November 1971
#BARTSF
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Once you transfer your plastic card to your phone, your plastic card will be deactivated for transit use. If you'd prefer to keep your plastic card and set up a virtual card, do not transfer your plastic card and add a new Clipper card through Apple Wallet or the Clipper app.
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The Clipper app is experiencing some issues with payment and purchasing. We recommend loading your Clipper card before entering
@SFBART
or walking away from stations for better cell service. We have an internal team currently investigating and apologize for the inconvenience.
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We're updating our system—including card readers—all across the Bay Area! Don’t be surprised when you see them. 😄 You still just tag—your card, phone or Apple Watch—and go!
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In the wake of this heartbreaking news, we express our deepest condolences to
@VTA
and our hearts go out to the victims and their families. Clipper and our transit partners value bringing people together and we stand with our colleagues who are impacted by this senseless violence
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Have you ridden the
#SFCentralSubway
? It connects 3rd St and Mission Bay with
@Caltrain
at 4th & King, then goes all the way to Chinatown at Stockton & Washington Streets...It's all new, underground and full of art.
Tell us what you like most about it!
📷:
@SFMTA_Muni
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REMINDER:
@SFBART
is offering 50% off ALL Clipper fares this month! No need to sign up for anything (discounts are automatically applied at gates). Just grab your mask and Clipper card/phone for your trips! 🙂
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Clipper card users can travel all around the Bay—from Napa Valley to Silicon Valley, from Tri-Valley to Noe Valley—by train, trolley, bus and ferry.
The Bay Area's all-in-one transit card is going strong!
#keepingthelinesopen
#BayArea
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@SFBART
is offering 50% off all Clipper fares this month! No need to sign up for anything (discounts are automatically applied at gates). Just grab your mask and Clipper card/phone for your trips! 🙂
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UPDATE: Walgreens is now available sell and add value to Clipper cards.
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#TBT
The Cliff Steam Line, which ran from 1886 to1905, whose route brought passengers from downtown to the Cliff House via California Street 🚆
📸:
@SFPublicLibrary
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Transferring your registered plastic card to Apple Wallet? You’ll need the last 4 digits of the phone number we have on file. If you don’t remember what phone number you used, log into your account on or the new Clipper app!
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We're pretty hyped for Clipper's cameo in Marvel's upcoming movie
@shangchi
that also features our friends at
@sfmta_muni
!
Marvel and transit enthusiasts: you should check out the thrilling trailer at
#FunFriday
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REMINDER: Once you transfer your plastic card to your phone, your plastic card will be deactivated for transit use.
🌠If you'd like to use both, you can keep your plastic card and register a new Clipper card on your phone either through Apple Wallet or the Clipper app.
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#TBT
Audley Cole was the first Black transit operator hired by
#Muni
(in 1941) & an advocate for future Black employees. Three years later, there were 100 Black employees at Muni. 👏👏👏
📸:
@sfmta_muni
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#TBT
Here's a colorful piece of San Francisco transit history: Up until 1909, cable cars in San Francisco were designated by color instead of numbers and letters! 🚎
📸 :
@sfmta_muni
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Hop on
@SFBART
to Lake Merritt Station for the
@oaklandmuseumca
Lunar New Year celebration this Sunday, Jan 29. Load up your Clipper card for a relaxing ride home for adults and kids alike!
📷: Oakland Museum of California
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Let's kick off
#BlackHistoryMonth
with a little Bay Area transit history.
At 16, Maya Angelou became the first Black streetcar conductor for
@sfmta_muni
This year, the poet and civil rights activist is the first Black woman to be featured on the U.S. quarter.
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#TBT
to 1914 when this pre- L-Taraval streetcar rumbled down 20th Ave before the Sunset was developed. 😮
#LTaraval
📸 :
@sfmta_muni
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Sad news for TransLink users: Your cards will no longer work on the new Clipper readers. As we upgrade the Clipper system, we are replacing Clipper readers throughout the region.
Good news: Upgrade for free by calling Customer Service (877.878.8883) to get a new Clipper card!
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Clipper START launched today and is now accepting applications! Bay Area residents age 19-64 who meet certain income requirements can receive up to 50% off local transit fares. Think you may be eligible? Apply for the program today at .
#ClipperSTART
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Get ready!
@SFBART
is celebrating turning 50 in September by giving Clipper riders 50% off fares all month long 🎂
In addition, for a limited time—save $3—no fees for cards on your phone 📱 Available on Apple Pay and Google Pay:
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ATTENTION: Earlier issues with Clipper on Apple and Google wallet have been resolved.
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#TBT
Take a look at rush hour on Market and Powell in San Francisco in the mid-1970s! Do you recognize these green
@SFMTA_Muni
light rail busses? 🚋 🚋
📸: Public Utilities Commission Photographer | SFMTA Photo Archive
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This winter, take
@SFBART
or
@SFMTA_Muni
to Downtown San Francisco for some holiday fun at the Holiday Ice Rink
@UnionSquareSF
! ❄️☃️❄️⛄️ Skating is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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#TBT
Market Street as
@SFBART
stations were being built underneath! The "cut and cover" method turned Market into a plank road with temporary streetcar tracks, travel lanes and crosswalks above the holes where stations were being built.
#MarketStreet
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@sfmta_muni
offering free cable car rides till the end of August! Take a trip this month and don't forget your mask 🙂
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ATTENTION: Clipper mobile, website and call center services are currently down. Ticket machines are only accepting cash. Please check back for updates.
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Happy Halloween!! Add Clipper to your phone📱 before heading out to your evening festivities 👻
And be sure to send us pics of your costumes while riding transit 🚍 OR your transit-related costumes 🎃
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Ready to return to transit? Now you can get Clipper on your iPhone, Apple Watch, or Android and easily pay your fares and load value! Get started at
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#TBT
Meet Dolores Piluso,
#Muni
motorwoman extraordinaire and streetcar driver, pictured here in 1943.
📸:
@sfmta_muni
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HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY to
@sfmta_muni
’s J-Church! Here’s the opening party in 1917 at
#DoloresPark
#TBT
#jchurch
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Tuesday Tip: To tag your plastic or mobile Clipper card on the new Clipper card readers:
📱 Center your device over the “Tag Here” graphic on the screen.
✅ Lights and a “Travel OK” screen will appear on a successful tag.
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Thinking about getting a new Clipper card? For a limited time only, there will be no fees for new cards on your phone! 😀
Set up a free new Clipper card today and learn more at:
#ClipperOnYourPhone
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Fun to see this old Key System train running on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge in 1938!
#TBT
#ACTransit
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Tuesday Tip: We have new card readers! Here's how to use them:
📱 Center your device over the “Tag Here” graphic on the screen.
🏃 Don't tap too fast! These readers take a moment to register payment.
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❄️ Back in 1882, SF's Market Street cable cars kept running in spite of a New Year's Day snowstorm! They may have had to dodge a few snowballs...
#TBT
📷 :
@OpenSFHistory
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The Powell-Mason cable car's been running for 130 years! It's the world’s oldest continuously operating cable car line.
#TBT
#SF
#powellstreet
@sfmta_muni
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#OnThisDay
in 1990,
@VTA
's third light rail phase opened! With rails in the Guadalupe Freeway median to Tamien station, VTA added its first
@Caltrain
connection.
#TBT
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We continue to stand with our
@VTA
colleagues and friends during this difficult time.
#TransitStandsTogether
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ATTENTION: Mobile card users may experience difficulty adding value to their cards through the Apple and Android wallets. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve the issue.
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The Clipper mobile system is experiencing unprecedented demand due to the Warriors parade this morning. If you are experiencing issues adding or reloading a card on your phone, please keep trying until successful as we are seeing purchases going through.
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#TBT
Fun to see these
@SFSU
students get off the M train at 19th and Holloway near the university in the 1980s. 😎
(📸:
@sfmta_muni
)
#Muni
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Look, it's the old Golden Gate Sight Seeing Cable Car! It picked up at
@FerryPlaza
for a city tour—fare was 50 cents (pic from 1908 😯)
@sfmta_muni
#TBT
#cablecar
#FerryBuilding
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What a cutie! This Twin Coach 582 prepares to leave the
@sfmta_muni
Presidio bus yard in June, 1951. Twin Coach manufactured only 670 of these "trolley coaches" – their twin engines allowed for larger passenger loads.
📷 :
@SFPublicLibrary
#TBT
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New Caltrain ticket machines are here!
To help give riders another contactless option to pay for transit, the new ticket machines are available at San Jose, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Millbrae and SF stations. Learn more at:
📸:
@Caltrain
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Save on transit with Clipper START—a transit discount program for eligible Bay Area residents 🚍 🚇
Visit the Clipper START website to see if you qualify!
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TIP: Have you heard about Clipper START? If you are a Bay Area resident age 19-64 and meet certain income requirements, you may be eligible to apply for Clipper START and can save up to 50% on local transit fares.
Learn more at .
#ClipperSTART
#TipTuesday
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Psst! The new Clipper website is launching soon! Manage your Clipper account from your smartphone and get ready for a fresh new look.
#sneakpeak
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Attention: Clipper's call center is down. Customer service representatives are unable to answer or make calls, and customers will not be able to access self-serve call functions. We are working to get this resolved and apologize for the inconvenience.
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We appreciate all the service workers and transit operators who are helping keep vehicles clean for essential trips. Thank you!
#essentialworkers
#transitheroes
Photo:
@rideact
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BIG news! 11 more Bay Area agencies are joining the Clipper START program! Eligible riders who meet certain income requirements can apply today and save up to 50% off transit fares.
Learn more and apply today at .
#ClipperSTART
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Let's 🎉 steam trains! If you've taken the (mini) Tilden Park Steam Train in Berkeley, did you also know a full-sized version used to travel to Alum Rock from San Jose, too? Here's a model from the turn of the 20th century.
#TBT
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🎀
@SFBART
🎁 we got your ❄️ cute 🎄 holiday ☃️ Clipper cards right here! All the cool kids have Clipper on their phone, obv, so grab these 📱 wallpapers to decorate your favorite way to pay for transit ❄️
#HappyHolidays
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#TBT
It’s 1927, and the iconic SF Ferry Building stands proud. Before the trans-bay bridges were built, the Ferry Building bustled with ferries going to and from Berkeley, Tiburon, Alameda, Oakland and Vallejo. Photo:
@SanFranciscoPublicLibrary
#FerryBuilding
@SFBayFerry
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Did you know?
@sfmta_muni
is offering free Muni rides to all youth (ages 18 and under) with no application or proof of payment required! 😊
Learn more about this one-year pilot program here:
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A big thank you to all the essential workers who are working hard to keep our lines open. If you're riding public transit, please wear a mask at all times. 💙
#StaySafe
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Do you remember the 🐘 train? Tell us your stories!
#TBT
to 1958 when these kids enjoyed a ride at the
@sfzoo
.
📷 :
@SFPublicLibrary
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September is Transit Month! To welcome back riders, Caltrain is offering 50% off all fares through the end of the month. Pick up your Clipper card (or 📱!) and hop on this weekend! 😀
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#TBT
With the
@CliffHouse
to the left,
@sfmta_muni
Railway White coach picks up passengers near Ocean Beach. (1927)
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AUTOLOAD UPDATE: If you're sheltering in place, follow these instructions to cancel Autoload online before your monthly passes load for April.
Thanks for your help to
#stayhome
and
#bendthecurve
!
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Tuesday Tip: If you add Clipper to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet 📱 and add value 💸 to your card through the wallet app, the value should appear right away.
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That's a wrap, 2020! It's been a looong year, so let's throw it back to 2019.
#TBT
to when "Big 19," built in 1883, was brought back to
@sfmta_muni
's active fleet.
📸:
@sfmsr
#MarketStreetRailway
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Tuesday Tip: Using an Android phone to tap on
@SFBART
🚇.
Make sure:
☑️ Phone has an NFC chip & is running Android 5.0 or higher
☑️ Screen is unlocked
☑️ Device is aligned where the antennae is—you might have to pause over the reader for the payment to register
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Before there was Clipper,
@SFBART
and
@SFMTA_Muni
came together with the interagency Fast Pass 🎫 shown here on release day, March 24, 1983.
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#TBT
A bird’s eye view of Market Street from
@SFFerryBuilding
—taken just after the 1906 earthquake.
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