Apply for a Reduced-Fare Hop Card Based on Disability
If you have a verifiable mental or physical disability, you qualify to use TriMet’s reduced Honored Citizen fare. However, you must apply for and receive a personalized photo ID Hop card before using the reduced fare.
Seniors: If you’re 65 or older, you automatically qualify for TriMet’s reduced Honored Citizen fare. You don’t need to apply in advance or get a photo ID card to use the reduced fare. You can buy an Honored Citizen Hop card at the grocery store, load money on your card, then tap your card on the green Hop reader to pay for your trips on buses and trains.
Military: If you’re a veteran, active-duty member of the military or reservist, please use the Military form.
How to apply
1 Get your verification document
We require verification of your disability by one of the following:
- A certified/licensed health care provider: Download this PDF and have your provider fill it out before applying.
- The Social Security Administration: Please get a Benefit Information Report or Benefit Verification Letter from your Social Security Administration office dated within the last three months.
- A certified agency: Certified agencies include the Senior and Disabled Services Division, Commission for the Blind, Vocational Rehabilitation Division, a mental health agency or The Arc of Multnomah or Washington County. Download this PDF and contact your agency representative to provide a verification stamp.
- Other transit agency: You’ll need the name, city and state of the transit agency.
2 Apply Online
Or, apply in person
- Print and fill out the Honored Citizen Application Form (PDF). Or, call us at 503-962-2455 and we’ll send you one in the mail.
- In addition to the application form, we require verification of your disability by one of the following:
- A certified/licensed health care provider: Have your provider fill out Page 2 of the application form.
- The Social Security Administration: Please get a Benefit Information Report or Benefit Verification Letter from your Social Security Administration office dated within the last three months, and include it with your completed application form.
- A certified agency: Certified agencies include the Senior and Disabled Services Division, Commission for the Blind, Vocational Rehabilitation Division, a mental health agency, or The Arc of Multnomah or Washington County. The application form requires a verification stamp from the agency, so please contact your agency representative for assistance.
- The US Department of Veterans Affairs: Please get a Certification Letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs dated within the last three months verifying a disability, and include it with your completed application form.
- Other transit agency: Include the name, city and state of the transit agency on your application form.
- Bring the completed application and required verification, along with a government-issued photo ID, to the TriMet Customer Support Center at Pioneer Courthouse Square (701 SW 6th Ave). We’ll take your photo and give you your personalized Hop card.
Note: There is no fee for your first card, and replacement cards cost $3. - You’re good to go: Simply load money on your card, then tap it on the green Hop reader each time you board. How to use and reload your Hop card
Learn more
How to use your Honored Citizen Hop card
Questions about your application or eligibility? Email us at honoredcitizen@trimet.org or call 503-962-2455 for help.
