Transit Access Pass
Transit Access Pass (TAP) is the smart-card ticketing system used in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
This is a MIFARE Classic 1K card based on Cubic Nextfare MFC. These cards require encryption keys, see the Cubic Nextfare page for detail on which ones are offline crackable. These keys are unique to each card.
LAX TAP uses the "mode" field to indicate the agency responsible for the service.
| Code | Agency Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Metro (both bus and rail services) |
| 3 | Culver CityBus |
| 11 | Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica) |
Metro bus 🚌 services (> 0x8000 / > 32768) use the stop code to indicate the route of the service, but sometimes drivers do not enter their current route on the ticketing machine correctly.
Metro rail 🚇 services (< 0x100 / < 512) and light rail 🚈 (0x1nn / > 512) use the stop code to indicate the station at which the service was boarded.
Doesn't appear to use stop IDs for anything. (stop_id = 1)