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 ...

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 ...

If you've got a SmarTrip card that's more than 10 years old, be prepared to trade in that card now. Metro's oldest SmarTrip fare cards will no longer be accepted at faregates and fareboxes starting ...

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 ...