How does Metro SmarTrip work?
How does Metro SmarTrip work? Instead of paying each time, the SmarTrip can store value for rides. Unless a pass is purchased, the fare will be deducted from Stored Value each time a ride is taken. Up to $300 Stored Value can be loaded onto each SmarTrip.
Can I have more than one SmarTrip card on my phone?
A SmarTrip card can only be on a single device at one time. You may have SmarTrip cards on your Android phone and Wear OS smartwatch as long as they are two separate cards.
Can I ride the DC metro without a SmarTrip card?
A SmarTrip® card is required for each rider age 5 and older (up to two children under age five may travel free with each fare paying adult). The blue fare vending machines are your best choice if you need a SmarTrip® card. The blue Fare Vending machines sell up to six SmarTrip ® cards at a time.
Can I use my phone as a DC metro card?
Pay for Metro with just your phone! With SmarTrip® in your Mobile Wallet you'll be able to: Pay for your train, bus, and parking wherever SmarTrip is accepted. Know where your SmarTrip® is.
Can you take money off your SmarTrip?
SmarTrip stored value and passes are non-refundable. Refunds are available in the following circumstances: Non-Residents: Customers who live outside a 100-mile radius of the District of Columbia.
Is DC Metro cheaper than driving?
All told, the commute cost using the IRS rate and a more average parking rate downtown comes out to about twice the cost of Metro even riding at the most expensive times and parking at a Metro lot. The mistakes in the original reflect a miscalculation that many commuters are making on a daily basis.