Clipper's new app enables public transit users to pay for fares using their mobile wallet stored on the iPhone or Apple Watch. (Photo illustration/Freepik)

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has launched a mobile Clipper card app and made the transit-fare payment system available on iPhone and Apple Watch via Apple Pay.

Bay Area transit riders can add their Clipper card to their Apple Wallet and load cash value directly to it with Apple Pay, according to Apple and the MTC, which oversees the transit agencies in the Bay Area.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.