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 ...

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 — If you have a Metro SmarTrip card purchase before 2012, you may soon run into some issues after March 1. Metro announced that it's phasing out its older model of SmarTrip cards due to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Metro on Friday unveiled special SmarTrip card covers commemorating President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration following controversy last month over the design of the cards. The ...

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' ...

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.

WASHINGTON — Good news for Metro riders 65 years and older, WMATA announced it will be eliminating the $2 fee on Senior SmarTrip cards. The new policy will go into effect in the new year on January 16 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Five days after SmartTrip cards marking the inauguration of Donald Trump became available at select Metro stations, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA ...