Pho could work though

I can see the zoo from my apartment and while I haven't been to this year's zoo lights display I will say that the number of visible lights is much lower than it was in pre-covid years. Used to be the whole center path decked out in holiday lights, bright with lots of colors; now it looks like a few twinkling lights at best (from a half mile away).

I use it and it works fine. I usually open google pay and select smart trip as I'm walking up to the terminal, sometimes I have to tap twice but that would happen with my physical card too. Once you've added a card to the smartrip app you can never use the card again; you can transfer the balance to another card or unlink the card in google pay so that you can add the card elsewhere (presumably another phone or switching to apple).