Transportation Access Pass (TAP)
Overview
If you have a disability or are a Medicare cardholder, you can get a Transportation Access Pass (TAP).
TAP card expiration date is based on your documentation of disability. TAP cards have a maximum duration period of five years.
Eligibility
You'll need to show proof of disability using one of the three options below.
Option 1:
Upload proof of disability. You can use any one of the following:
- Disability placard from the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) (Expires on document expiration date)
- Current non-MBTA reduced fare card with an expiration date (Expires on document expiration date)
- Signed letter from your Travel Trainer on MBTA letterhead (5 years from the letter issue date)
- Medicare, One Care, or Tufts Health Unify Card (5 years)
- Veteran benefits summary letter on VA letterhead specifying a disability rating of 70% or greater (5 years)
- Department of Mental Health (DMH) signed verification letter (5 years)
- Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) signed verification letter (5 years)
Option 2:
Enter an active RIDE ID number. Your TAP card duration period lasts until your RIDE ID number expiration date.
Option 3:
Upload the Health Care Professional Certification (HCPC) form, signed by a health care provider.