GoPass provides unlimited transit rides throughout L.A.
SMC students who pay their Student Benefits fee of $22.50 can ride and transfer between 13 transit systems (including Big Blue Bus and Metro buses and trains) all over L.A., when they register for the GoPass. To register, do the following:
1. Pay your $22.50 Student Benefits fee in Corsair Connect.
2. Decide if you want your pass on your phone or on a plastic TAP card:
- Mobile pass on your phone: This option is fastest and is easy to register. See instructions below.
- Plastic TAP card: This option can take up to 2 hours to process. You can use a TAP card you already own (any card works), or you can request on from the Welcome Cener. Note: the blank TAP card will still need to be registered before it can be used)
3. Get your eligibility code in Corsair Connect.
- Click Fees & Payment in menu on the left
- Click Transportation GoPass in menu
- Click Get Code (code will appear highlighted on the top of the page)
4. Go to Metro's portal: taptogo.net/gopass, and enter your eligibility code, along with your student information.
5. Choose how you want to get the pass, on a plastic TAP card or on your phone, but you can't have both.
- The mobile phone pass is recommended. This option can be found by scrolling down. A virtual 20-digit TAP # will be issued, so no need for a plastic card.
- If using a plastic TAP card, enter the 20-digit TAP number (found on the bottom right on the back of the TAP card).
- Be sure to use your pass within 14 days or it will deactivate and you will have to do the process all over again.
- Each semester you will need to re-register your card using a new unique eligibility code, after paying your Student Benefit fee on Corsair Connect.
- Lost or stolen card? Login to Corsair Connect to cancel the old card and get a replacement code. Your old TAP card will be deactivated.
- For problems registering your card, call 866-TAP-TOGO or customerservice@taptogo.net
Big Blue Bus (BBB) and Metro serve all SMC campuses
Main Campus is served by BBB lines: 5, 7, 8, 16, 41, 43, 44 and Metro's Expo train at 17th Street Station and Colorado.
Bundy/Airport Campuses are served by BBB lines: 14 ,44 and Metros Expo train at Bundy Station.
PAC is served by BBB lines: 1, 2, 10R, 44, and Metro's Expo train at 17th Street Station.
Center for Media and Design is served by BBB lines: 5, 16, and 43 and Metro's Expo train at Bergamot Station.
Emeritus is served by BBB lines: 1, 2, 3, 7, 7R, 8, 9, 10R, 18 & Metro's Expo train at 4th Street Station as well as Metro buses: 4, 33, 534, 704, 733
Malibu Campus is served by Metro's #134 bus from downtown Santa Monica to the Civic Ctr / Malibu Library (about 1 hour ride + a 4 minute walk).
Metro's Expo train serves the following SMC campuses:
- Main campus - 17th and Colorado (10 min walk or catch BBB #41)
- Performing Arts Center - 17th and Colorado (10 min walk or catch BBB #41)
- Emeritus - 4th Street Station (10 min walk)
- Center for Media and Design - Bergamont Station (4 min walk)
- Bundy /Airport campuses - (catch the BBB #14 from the Bundy Station)
- Malibu Campus - Transfer from 2nd and Colorado to Metro's #134. Ride it to the Civic Ctr / Malibu Library (about 1 hour ride + a 4 minute walk)
- Students can get an unlimited transit rides around LA with the GoPass by paying their SMC Student Benefit's fee each semester in Corsair Connect.
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