Metro's SmarTrip cards now have an auto reload option. Similar to the way E-ZPass works, the new program will let customers link a credit or debit card to their SmarTrips. However, while that feature ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Metro is taking a step toward replacing SmarTrip with a new electronic fare payment system. The transit agency issued a request for proposals Thursday seeking a vendor to help ...

In an effort to ease both customer travel and Metro’s operations, the transit agency is promoting the use of SmarTrip cards and installing new flat-screen monitors with updated travel information in ...

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WASHINGTON – To lower the price of its SmarTrip cards, Metrorail is making several changes to exit-fare policies. The cost of a new SmarTrip card will cost $2 starting Oct. 1. For riders who buy a ...

A little while ago, a reader sent me a series of comments and questions about Metro’s SmarTrip card program. To me, these questions represented some of the nontraditional questions about this program ...

Metro officials are rethinking their decision to reduce SmarTrip card prices and to do away with negative card balances. Carol Dillon Kissal, Metro’s deputy general manager, told the Metro Riders’ ...

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It is time to check the numbers on the back of your old, trusty SmarTrip card. Metro is phasing out older cards as part of upgrades to fare gates and fare payment technology. The new fare gates, fare ...

Today, SmarTrip® — the way to pay for Metro and all regional transit providers in the Washington, DC area — is launching on iPhone and Apple Watch, giving riders new and unparalleled convenience.

Nine Metro employees have been arrested for their part in an elaborate scheme to load SmarTrip cards with leftover passenger fares and resell the cards fraudulently, News4 has learned. Seven Metro ...