The SmarTrip cards are getting integrated into all parts of D.C. transportation. Aside from the subway and buses, you can also use a SmarTrip card to pay for parking at lots near Metro stations. For the last year or so, parking meters in Georgetown have also been taking SmarTrip cards.
The transportation gods keep promising new features that will let users add value to the cards online and combine SmarTrip cards with other credit cards, but these have yet to materialize. Personally, I'd like to see them introduce a version of the SmarTrip card that works like the new electronic boarding passes, so you can move through the system or park just by flashing your phone at the reader.
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Personally I have been waiting and wondering why online charging of the smartrip card wasn't available from the first. Having to do it IN THE Station has been, on occasion, irritating, to say the least.
Amen to that! When I got a SmarTrip card, I thought that was the whole purpose of them. Right now, other than the fact that you can replace them if they're lost, there's no point to them (from a user standpoint): They cost $5, you still have to load them in the stations, there's no discount for using them, etc. Unless you park at a station, there's no benefit right now.
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