>Sorta, but not quite. I had in mind the Oyster card that's used on
>London public transport, and those refillable ticket card things they
>used on BART back in the '90s when I lived in Oakland, CA - not a
>monthly pass, but a sort of debit account arrangement, so you don't
>have to keep fumbling around for change. It's called a Badgermole
>card because that's the trademark the Republic City Transportation
>Authority uses for the card service (again, like the Oyster card).
>The subway itself is just... well, the RCTA. Or the subway.
>
>Now, the one in Ba Sing Se is rather grandly called the Subterranean
>Railway Network, with elaborate and imposing signage to match, but
>then they like to get their pompous on in Ba Sing Se. :)
>

In Los Angeles their known as TAP cards. You can load them with cash like a debit card or put your monthly pass on them (like I do)