Fares and Passes

TARTA offers several different fare types and purchase options to best meet your needs when using the fixed-route and paratransit system.

Fares beginning Monday, August 1, 2022.

Children ages 5 and under may ride for free.

TARPS-eligible riders may take zero-fare trips on either fixed route or Call-A-Ride vehicles.

* With Reduced Fare ID. Details here.

Where Can I Buy a Pass

Passes can be purchased at the following locations:

• EZfare App (Available in the iPhone App Store, Google Play and online)
• Cash fare is accepted and Day Passes can be purchased on the bus
• TARTA Transit Hub (612 N. Huron St., Toledo)
• Passes will NO LONGER be sold at TARTA’s Central Avenue Location beginning 8-8-22
• Seaway Market (1707 Cherry St, Toledo) (Coming soon)
• Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union (1441 Dorr St, Toledo) (Coming Soon)

What is EZfare?

The EZfare App allows riders to purchase daily, weekly or monthly passes online or through their mobile phones here.

• Choose TARTA

The EZfare app supplements all existing fare purchase locations and options.

The app is designed specifically for public transit users – meaning once a ticket is purchased, it is available even without an internet connection, so riders without data plans or limited data plans, are always able to travel.  

Can I add Cash to EZfare?

Cash can be added onto your account by visiting any VanillaDirect™ Retail Location.

How can I use EZfare?

To ensure a smooth ride, every time, check out our TARTA tips and other EZfare resources in addition to the following:

• All Reduced Fare/TARPS passes require identification prior to boarding.
• Don’t activate your ticket until just before boarding the bus.
• After activation, weekly passes are good for unlimited rides for 7 (seven) days.  Monthly passes are good for unlimited rides for 31 (thirty-one) days from first activation.
• A device that has mobile application capabilities (i.e. smartphone or tablet) must be used to present an active pass if the pass was bought online. Laptops may not be used to present an active pass.
• No refunds or exchanges are available.

Can I exchange old tokens or passes?

TARTA’s simplified fare structure adds a day pass that can be purchased on board or at area locations, where pre-COVID day passes were available only through the EZfare app. TARTA is eliminating tokens and the TARPS 20-trip pass from its fare structure.

Individual customers or organizations who have less than 10 tokens will be able to trade them in for one-way tickets between August 1 and September 30, 2022. Those will 10 or fewer passes from March or April 2020 can turn them in passes of the same value.

Organizations with more than 10 passes from March or April 2020 will also be able to trade those in for current passes of the same value. Individuals who wish to exchange more than 10 tokens or passes will be able to schedule an appointment at TARTA’s Central Avenue headquarters (1127 W. Central Avenue), beginning with a date to be determined.

For information contact Diane Sulier, dsulier@tarta.com or 419.724.6644.

Tokens may only be exchanged for rides on TARTA. No cash refunds will be given.  

Click here for reduced fare information and application

All language assistance services for Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority programs and services, including paratransit functional assessments and paratransit eligibility appeals, are provided to the public at no charge.