Posts Tagged ‘SmarTrip’
Metro Now Costs 10 Cents More
‘NO SMARTRIP -6480′
courtesy of ‘Joe Tresh’
If you use a SmarTrip card, you probably didn’t even notice it on your commute this morning, but your trip was just a bit more expensive than it was last week. As of yesterday, fares on Metrorail and Metrobus jumped 10 cents to help cover a huge [...]
Yeah, Thanks, We Knew Already
‘”You Are Too Stupid”‘
courtesy of ’swilkes’
In case you were wondering, WMATA is officially delaying the January SmartBenefits program until 2011. Oh, wait, you already knew that? Really? When did you find out…wait, last week, you say? When GM John Catoe, Jr. announced it at a small budget forum? Or was it from GGW, us, WJLA, [...]
New SmarTrip reload locations
‘NO SMARTRIP -6480′
courtesy of ‘Joe Tresh’
We still don’t have online loading but WMATA has announced the addition of 42 more SmarTrip purchase & reload locations. They have a listing of all the locations on their website but continue not to map the locations.
Well, I grabbed the addresses and slapped them into an [...]
Burying the lead disappointment
‘NO SMARTRIP -6480′
courtesy of ‘Joe Tresh’
WMATA’s press release about SmartBenefits talks a little about how some changes will be made to the SmarTrip behavior to comply with new IRS rules but leaves the really interesting thing for last. A sizable percentage of people in the area might get transit subsidies from their [...]
Reload Your SmarTrip Card at CVS or Giant
‘First subway ride’
courtesy of ‘ktylerconk (Tennessee)’
Great news from Metro today: you can now load value onto your SmarTrip card at over 100 CVS and Giant Food stores. This is the latest step in making it easier to use and reload SmarTrip cards since Metro eliminated paper transfers back in January. You can load value using [...]
Talkin’ Transit: SmarTrip Getting Smarter!
‘Metro SmarTrip Card’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been waiting for the day when I’d be able to reload my SmarTrip card somewhere other than a Metro station. For those of us who ride buses regularly, it’s really frustrating to have to go to a Metro station to [...]
