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I hope WMATA is moving toward using something similar to MARTA's (ATL) system. To ride MARTA all fares must be loaded on to a "Breeze" card, which are slightly more flimsy than SmarTrip cards, also rechargable, and only cost $1. You go to the fare machine (which are very similar to MTA's (NYC) machines), punch in how much fare you want to purchase, and pay. If you don't already have a Breeze card, they charge you an extra $1 for the rechargable card which is dispensed from the machine. If you do already have the card, you touch it to the sensor to reload it. Everyone uses the same card, it's not prohibitively expensive, and it makes the fare structure simple. Easy peasy japanesey.

WMATA should just buy the same system and fare machines as MARTA, but I doubt they'll want to replace the "new" SmarTrip machines so most likely you'll have a machine that dispenses only fare cards and another machine used to purchase fare. Kinda stupid to make people go to two machines just to ride, but it's probably the only way WMATA can do it given their cash flow problems.

by 7r3y3r on Jul 3, 2012 9:45 am • link • report

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