passes and cash value on a rewritable RFID card. Customers would have purchased passes and added cash value on the Internet or at any ticket vending machine. Prior to using a provided service, customers tapped their Compass Cards on the ticket validator located at the transit center or station. The LED display on the validator would then light up with lights resembling that of a stoplight, and the LCD display showed text regarding the passenger's fare account. The new Pronto system now used expanded upon many of the design concepts previously employed with the Compass Card system. In popular culture In 2011, an artist surreptitiously installed a mosaic on the wall of a COASTER bridge near the Encinitas station that came to be known as "Surfing Madonna". In early 2012, the Encinitas City Council voted to accept the mosaic under a long-term loan agreement and to support a proposal to put the mosaic on publicly owned land near Moonlight Beach. The Encinitas City Council stipulated that acceptance of the mosaic is contingent upon the artist, Mark Patterson, signing an agreement that he will pay for the mosaic's removal if it becomes the subject of a religious-imagery lawsuit. See also San Diego Public Transportation San Diego Metropolitan Transit System References Transit agency faces $3 million budget gap (Union Tribune, May 10, 2008) External links https://gonctd.com/ - NCTD Website https://gonctd.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NCTDSystemMap.pdf – NCTD System Map https://www.sdmts.com/sites/default/files/attachments/rtm_sep2019_web_.pdf – Southern Area System Map Public transportation in San Diego County, California Bus transportation in California Passenger rail transportation in California Intermodal transportation authorities in California Oceanside, California 1975 establishments in California