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 ...

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 – 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Panda lovers now have a new way to celebrate the arrival of giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao before ...

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’ ...

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.

The days of digging around in your pockets or your bag for that SmarTrip card to swipe in to the Metrorail or Metrobus systems are officially gone — and we don’t just mean for transit riders who are ...