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Faregates at the Gallery Place Station began accepting payment from credit cards and smartphones on Thursday.

Metro Tests Credit Card, Phone Payment System

By Sarah Smith November 21, 2014

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority introduced new faregates that allow users to pay with credit cards and smartphones at the Gallery Place Station on Thursday. The move comes in advance...

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Metro riders will be able to make payments using a mobile app at select metro stops beginning in January 2015.

Metro Launches Mobile Payment App

By Maddy Moore September 19, 2014

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced the launch of a pilot program Sept. 9 that allows riders to make mobile payments. Although the pilot program will not officially begin until...

Decongesting Prospect

By The Editorial Board September 16, 2014

Thankfully, most Georgetown students don’t have to worry about rush hour traffic in Georgetown. But, for a few hours each afternoon, rush hour traffic chokes up the intersection leading to the nearby...

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All D.C. Metro riders will be required to purchase SmarTrip cards.

Metro Phases Out Paper Farecards

By Suzanne Monyak May 31, 2014

The D.C. Metro board approved a decision on May 22 to eliminate the use of paper tickets, instead requiring all metro users to purchase SmarTrip cards. The change will occur over the next 18 months. “The...

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The New Silver Line will include stops at five new stations:  Tyson’s Corner, McLean, Greensboro, Spring Hill and Wiehle-Reston East.

Phase 1 Done for Metro’s Silver Line

By Johnny Verhovek April 15, 2014

Work on the first phase of the Silver Line is complete, according to paperwork filed Wednesday by Dulles Transit Partners, the contractor hired to build the first addition to the Washington, D.C. metro...

Muriel Bowser for DC Mayor

Muriel Bowser for DC Mayor

By The Editorial Board March 25, 2014

The city of Washington, D.C., looks undeniably different today than it did 20 years ago. A growing Metro system, a shrinking unemployment rate, a sharp decrease in violent crime and a revitalized downtown...

Metro Goghs With a New SmarTrip Design

Metro Goghs With a New SmarTrip Design

By KP and KP October 21, 2013

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has recently released limited-edition Vincent Van Gogh Commemorative Metro SmarTrip cards! The Commemorative Card was released in partnership...

Possible Metro Expansion to Georgetown Discussed

By Katherine Seevers February 1, 2013

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority  is examining proposals to construct two new tunnels for subway trains — one under the Potomac River connecting Rosslyn and Georgetown and one...

SmarTrip: One Less Problem to Worry About

By Rabia Mirza and Rabia Mirza October 3, 2012

What's the most inconvenient thing about public transportation? If you’re a resident of Washington, D.C. or a student at Georgetown, one thing comes to mind. There’s nothing like that blissful feeling...

WMATA Reports $28M Surplus

By Kelly Church September 18, 2012

Two months after increasing D.C. Metro fares by an average of 5 percent, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced last week that it ended fiscal year 2012 with a $28 million surplus. The...

Metro+ Changes: Coming Tomorrow

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff June 17, 2012

Tomorrow, Metro riders are about to see the culmination of a project more than a year in the making that aims to improve rush hour service across the Metrorail system. Rush+, as WMATA has termed it,...

Metro Thief Caught on Tape

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff April 26, 2012

For those of you with iPads and/or iPhones, you might want to think twice next time you pull them out the next time you’re on the Metro (unless you’re Daniel Wenger).  Two weeks ago, Wenger, who...

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