{"id":356993,"date":"2025-06-23T15:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/?p=356993"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:42:04","slug":"gateway-card-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/nextstop\/gateway-card-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Card Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-235874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gateway-Cards-34-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gateway card being used near a bus farebox\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gateway-Cards-34-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gateway-Cards-34-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gateway-Cards-34-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gateway-Cards-34.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We are making changes to the Gateway Card program as we prepare to introduce a new fare collection system early next year:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Starting Monday, June 30, 2025<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">you will no longer be able to load funds to your Gateway Card.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">You can use the available balance on your Gateway Card<\/span>\u00a0<strong>until December 31, 2025.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beginning January 1, 2026:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your Gateway Card will be permanently deactivated.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Customers with unexpired ADA Paratransit Gateway Cards can continue to present their card for free rides on MetroLink and MetroBus through the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/ontheway\/\">On the Way With ADA program<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Customers with unexpired Senior\/Fixed Route Reduced Fare Gateway cards can continue to present their card as proof of reduced fare eligibility.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Stay tuned for more information on new fare options and new ways to manage your tickets and passes as we continue to make progress on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/nextstop\/a-new-fare-collection-system-is-coming-to-metro-transit\/\">new fare collection system<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are making changes to the Gateway Card program as we prepare to introduce a new fare collection system early next year: Starting Monday, June 30, 2025, you will no longer be able to load funds to your Gateway Card. You can use the available balance on your Gateway Card\u00a0until December 31, 2025. Beginning January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[609,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rider-alert","category-technology"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}