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Miami-Dade County has run the Cubic-built EASY Card on Metrobus and Metrorail since 2009
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Revision 2026-10-13-deep-run · effective 2026-10-13
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Deep Run 2026-10-11: every source re-read and dated, present-tense statements dated, claim array completed; lesson: The county's fares page states that tapping 'your EASY Card (with stored value) or contactless-enabled bank card/digital wallet' starts a trip whose cost 'will be capped once you reach the cost of a 1-Day Pass'; a 2021 county release (now removed, seen only in a search index) announced that EASY Cards with stored value had been added to capping. The old clause asserted as fact what the county contradicts; the existing claim already carried a contradictedBy row.; teaser: 'Tap the county's own mobile pass and the Metrorail gate stays shut' is not what the county says: its contactless pag
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Miami-Dade County has run the Cubic-built EASY Card on Metrobus and Metrorail since 2009
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In August 2019 the county opened the gates to bank cards
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a contactless Visa, Mastercard or Amex, or a phone, taps straight in
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the day's charges stop at $5.65 — the price of a 1-Day Pass
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The cap is daily only; 7-day and monthly passes are still sold
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the county's discount programmes are issued as EASY Cards, not as taps
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Metromover carries no fare at all
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A single ride costs $2.25, and after the third tap at the Metrorail faregates a contactless day is capped at $5.65.
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There is no weekly or monthly cap: the 7-Day Pass ($29.25) and 1-Month Pass ($112.50) remain on sale
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A proposed increase to $2.75 was dropped when commissioners passed the FY2025-26 budget in September 2025
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On 6 October 2026 commissioners approved the increase after all, 9 votes to 4: from January 2027 a ride costs $2.75
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Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is expected to propose a plan that could put a fee on Metromover
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A county memo of November 2024 had already proposed a $109.3 million replacement for the Cubic fare system
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saying much of it 'has reached the end of its useful life'
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farebox failures can force bus operators to wave passengers through without payment
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Three fare media coexist
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even the county's own pages disagree on which of them the daily cap follows
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src-40a926fa8129d170Current schedule: 'Metrobus Full Fare: $2.25' / 'Discounted Fare: $1.10'; '1-Day Pass Full Fare: $5.65'; '7-Day Pass Full Fare: $29.25'; '1-Month Pass Full Fare: $112.50'; 'Metromover FREE'; 'Golden Passport or Patriot Passport FREE'. On capping it says both things: 'Once you’ve tapped your EASY Card (with stored value) or contactless-enabled bank card/digital wallet to start your trip, your total cost will be capped once you reach the cost of a 1-Day Pass', then that the $5.65 ceiling applies 'when using the same contactless-enabled bank card/digital wallet'.
src-839ac974a7920078Riders 'pay directly at Metrorail fare gates and Metrobus fare boxes' with 'Visa, Mastercard, and American Express contactless-enabled bankcards' or Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay. Also: 'EASY Cards, EASY Tickets, and mobile passes through the GO Miami-Dade Transit app are also accepted.'
src-1d849de52bccfa0c'Fare capping guarantees a maximum of $5.65 per day for unlimited rides on Metrorail and Metrobus', reached 'after the third time you tap into the Metrorail faregates'. Ties capping to the payment device: switching devices means 'you lose the benefit of fare capping'. States no weekly or monthly cap.
src-4deb2c8aa3ab7096'GO Miami-Dade combines Miami-Dade Transit's existing applications -- Tracker, Transit Watch, and EASY Pay -- all into one easy-to-use mobile app.' 'At the moment, riders can purchase a 1-Day or 7-Day mobile pass.' At the gate: 'you will need to tap your physical EASY Card onto the faregate or fareboxes'; 'contactless payment has been enabled systemwide'.
src-f4935f2901255552Card costs $2, stores cash value from $10 or 1-Day/7-Day/1-Month passes, 'has a 20-year life-span'; cards inactive 12 months are disabled.
src-1f88de7cef3a383fHalf-price rides are issued on a 'Commuter-Reduced Fare EASY Card'; applications are taken at the 'Golden Passport Office located on the 1st floor of Government Center' — the discount lives on the county card, not on a bank tap.
src-60d184a9760077e3Cubic launched open payment on the EASY Card system in August 2019; 'Miami-Dade DTPW awarded Cubic a contract in 2016 to modernize the EASY Card revenue management system as well as provide 10 years of back office cloud computing and support services.'
src-8b187306796413adMayor Carlos A. Gimenez: 'We first launched contactless payment for Metrorail riders in August.' Article dates the Metrobus extension and states the cap 'guarantees a maximum cost of $5.65 per day, which is equivalent to a 1-Day Pass'.
src-4cbbe49b5d2a3cafPress: the mayor's FY2025-26 budget proposed raising Metrobus and Metrorail fares from $2.25 to $2.75, the first increase since 2013.
src-c69b38e930213357Press: commissioners cancelled the proposed fare increase when adopting the $12.9bn budget; the $2.25 fare stands.
src-abf7a876ce4c010cCorroborates the launch date 'October 1, 2009', Cubic as supplier ('selected as the provider of the system in 2008, at a base price of $42 million'), expansion to Tri-Rail in 2011, contactless at Metrorail gates from August 2019 and on Metrobus 'as of February 2020'. Weakest source in this list.
src-81b0c53b6a815fd9County memorandum adding a Fare Collection System Replacement project to the People's Transportation Plan, at an estimated $109,320,000 ($79.32 million surtax, $30 million federal). The Cubic system 'was implemented in 2008' and upgraded in 2016; its bus units 'have been in service since January 2009'. 'Due to the age of the system, the equipment is experiencing frequent failures', failures on active routes 'may require operators to wave passengers through without payment', and 'much of the system has reached the end of its useful life and parts are no longer being manufactured.'
src-1eb3fce0154b4c4dThe Board of County Commissioners approved 'an increase in the standard Metrobus and Metrorail fare from $2.25 to $2.75', the first in more than 13 years, effective January 2027; with minor Metrorail changes it is expected to raise about $9.2 million and preserve service on 13 bus routes cut in the FY 2026-27 budget.
src-6af42ed170baefa4Commissioners 'moved to raise fares for Metrorail and bus riders by 50 cents in a 9-4 vote on Tuesday'; the $2.25 fare 'will be raised to $2.75 starting on Jan. 1, 2027', and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava 'is also expected to devise a plan that could impose a fee on the historically free-to-ride Metromover'.