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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WMATA released a special Commemorative Inauguration SmarTrip Card for Donald Trump’s inauguration, featuring a photo of the President-elect. The cards are sold at select Metro stations around the DMV ...

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.

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 — SmarTrip cards are here to stay for a while. Metro is in the process of replacing all fare gates in the rail system and lining up a new contractor to provide SmarTrip cards or other ...

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 ...

If you reload your Metro card at CVS stores, you're going to have to find another way soon. CVS Health told Metro they will stop selling and reloading Metro cards in their stores in the D.C. area ...

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 ...

Thousands of longtime commuters plotting their first returns to the office since the pandemic began could face an unwelcome surprise when trying to enter Metro’s fare gates. That SmarTrip card — ...