Pittsburgh Regional Transit getting new fare card

Zoom in: The new cards will be web-based, allowing users to add value online immediately instead of the at least two-day delays for ConnectCards.

• Users will also be able to manage multiple cards from one account.

Yes, but: ConnectCards will still work during the transition over the next few months.

• Cash fares will still be accepted during and after the transition.

State of play: ConnectCard users can transfer funds to the Ready2Ride app now before ReadyFare cards are available later this month.

• Once cards are available, users can acquire them at vending machines, by mail, at retail partners like Giant Eagle, and at the PRT Service Center in Downtown.
• Get more details on reduced fare cards, student passes and senior fare cards here.

What's next: ReadyFare vending machines are rolling out at various locations later this month, per PRT.

• A specific date has not been announced, but they should be all swapped out by the end of July, said PRT spokesperson Adam Brandolph.