Transmetro Tarjeta Ciudadana
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Guatemala City's Transmetro ran on cash and coins for years. Since 2021, riders can tap a reloadable card, a bank card, or a phone wallet instead — no ticket booth needed.
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Guatemala City's Transmetro BRT ran on cash and coin fares for years. On 15 May 2021 the municipality launched the reloadable Tarjeta Ciudadana, then partnered with Mastercard that September so riders could tap contactless Visa/Mastercard bank cards or phone wallets instead of ever buying a card. It has since become the official fare medium across the municipal network — Transmetro stopped taking coins in May 2023 and the TuBus feeder buses adopted the card that September — and even the privately run Transurbano agreed in May 2023 to accept it, as its own SIGA prepaid card faded from routes.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Transmetro Tarjeta Ciudadana” — Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/guatemala-transit-telemetry/ (last verified 2026-08-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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