Posts tagged Smartrip
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Breakfast links: Connect the dots
Virginia reconnects their grid; MoCo is caring about sharing; 13% of SmarBike subscribers live in other states; No more passes with Metrocheks; Chicago drivers annoyed by higher rates, snafus; Connolly looking to the next Metro extension; BART considers charging for parking on weekdays; Taller and greener in Arlington; Mini links. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: pigging out
Where’s the food court?: One reason for the new signs on the Mall: tourists not only often don’t know what the tall obelisk is in the center, for example, but officials “often get calls from the public asking if there is a Nordstrom on the Mall.” (Post via BeyondDC) Keep reading…
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Transit pricing: Time to go “all you can eat”?
When you pay for transportation, whether it’s for driving a private car or taking mass transit, there’s a continuum of payment methods, with “pay-per-use” on one end of the scale, and “unlimited use” on the other. Keep reading…
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Smartrip available at CVS just in time for Christmas
Buy your favorite transit rider a SmarTrip card as a stocking stuffer! This year they will be available at CVS just in time for Christmas (but only six nights of Hanuukkah). According to this press release, CVS will start selling the SmarTrip rechargeable farecard starting December 23 at 190 stores in DC, Maryland and Virginia. The list of specific locations isn’t available… Keep reading…
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What do SmarTrip cards cost?
According to Brett Tyler, the Director of Customer Service for WMATA, a SmarTrip card costs $3.50 in bulk from the vendor, Giesecke and Devrient (PDF on the “GO CARD”, the specific design used for SmarTrip). The cards originally cost just under $10.00 each, but with larger volume purchases, the costs have fallen. WMATA also has to initialize the new cards before… Keep reading…
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CVS will start selling Smartrip cards
At this week’s meeting, the Metro Board of Directors will consider a proposal to allow CVS to sell Smartrip cards at 187 area stores. CVS will sell a Smartrip card for $10 preloaded with $5 in fares, just as you can buy at many Metro stations with paid parking garages. CVS has agreed to sell Smartrip at no cost to Metro and at no additional cost to customers. CVS will display Metro-supplied… Keep reading…
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Is Metro selling SmarTrip at a profit?
Metro riders have become accustomed to paying $5 for a SmarTrip card, and Metro has long maintained that they are passing on the cost of a card to the riders. However, this exchange from this past week’s Customer Service Operations and Safety Committee meeting seems to contradict that assertion, and imply that WMATA is actually turning a profit on its electronic fare card:… Keep reading…
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SmarTrip upgrades now have a schedule (passes in ten months)
At this coming Thursday’s meeting of Metro’s Customer Service Operations and Safety (CSOS) Committee, the General Manager, John Catoe, will discuss the plan of action and milestones for upgrading Smartrip cards. Here’s the current schedule for key enhancements: Present-August 2009: Expand available locations to load value onto Smartrip cards. September… Keep reading…
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Testing the “Invisible Tunnel”
Steve Offutt has joined the GGW contributing team. He lives in Arlington and has also been contributing to Arlington’s county-run CommuterPageBlog. Welcome Steve! Keep reading…
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Metro: you can add fare to SmarTrip at Giant now, stop complaining about delayed upgrades
I commented before the Metro Board last Thursday: Keep reading…