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METRO Q Card

Location	Greater Houston, Texas, United States
Launched	2008^[1]
Technology	Cubic Transportation Systems
Operator	Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Manager	Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Currency	USD
Stored-value	Cash value
Credit expiry	After card/ticket expiration date
Auto recharge	Automatic replenishment
Validity	METRORail METRO Bus METROLift Metro Park & Ride MetroRapid Metro Curb2Curb
Retailed	Online Telephone Selected resellers Train stations
Website	[1]

The METRO Q Card is a contactless smart card used to ride on public transportation in Greater Houston. It is administered by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County. The card can be used on METRO Bus, METRORail, and METROLift.^[2] The cards are based upon the MIFARE Classic 1K standard and are freely available but expire.

Services

The following services use the Metro Q Card feature:

References

^ "RTD-Peer-Case-Study-Houston-07182017" (PDF). bouldercounty.gov. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ "METRO Q® Card & Fares". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-08-01.

External links

METRO Q Card - Ride Metro

v t e Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Bus service	Quickline
METRORapid lines	Silver Line Gulfton Corridor (future) Inner Katy Corridor (future) University Corridor (future)
METRORail lines	Red Line Purple Line Green Line Uptown Line (future)
Related articles	HouTran List of METRORail stations METRO Q Card

v t e Smart cards in the United States
Transit fare	Breeze ( Atlanta) CharlieCard ( Boston) Ventra ( Chicago) HOLO ( Honolulu) METRO Q Card ( Houston) TAP ( Los Angeles) EASY Card ( Miami) Go-To Card ( Minneapolis/ St. Paul) OMNY, SmartLink ( New York City) SEPTA Key, FREEDOM ( Philadelphia) Hop Fastpass ( Portland) Pronto ( San Diego) Clipper ( San Francisco) ORCA ( Seattle) SmarTrip, CharmCard ( Washington, D.C., Baltimore)
Future transit fare	̈ Copper Card ( Phoenix)
MIFARE