The long-awaited rollout of the new generation of the Clipper Card payment system begins Wednesday, when Bay Area travelers will be able to pay for public transit trips more efficiently and ...

Commuters in and around San Francisco rode into work for free on Tuesday morning due to an outage in the Clipper card system, which is used to handle payments for train, bus and ferry rides.

Under a new system rolled out Wednesday, Dec. 10, almost every transit system in the Bay Area will allow riders to pay by tapping a credit or debit card. Related Articles New California driving laws ...