Transit Chiefs Rip Clipper 2 Delays as Cubic Withholds Fix Date
Regional Network Management Council • Metropolitan Transportation CommissionJuly 27, 2026
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The Bay Area's new fare card now handles most of the region's transit trips, but the leaders running the system are out of patience with the contractor building it. In their first joint session on July 27, 2026, the Clipper Executive Board and Regional Network Management Council took no action on Clipper 2. Instead, members turned a routine status report into a public rebuke of vendor Cubic, while separately pushing for a regional pass and permanent Bay Pass.
- Clipper 2 now carries 53% of trips and about 60% of revenue, but bulk card migration remains stalled.
- Cubic would not give a date to fix faulty fare inspection devices, and BART's general manager plans an executive-level showdown.
- Members and riders pushed for an all-agency pass or fare cap as Bay Pass reaches about 130,000 active passes.
- Wayfinding pilots secured construction contractors, but operators want a long-term maintenance funding plan first.
Why it matters: Discount cardholders cannot get regional transfer benefits until they migrate to the new system. The original end-of-May readiness target has already passed.
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