Local station maps, customized SmarTrip cards, and markers where trains will stop: great ideas, but not MetroGreater winners – Greater Greater Washington
![Metro begins phasing out older SmarTrip cards as part of upgrades to faregates and fare payment technology | WMATA Metro begins phasing out older SmarTrip cards as part of upgrades to faregates and fare payment technology | WMATA](https://www.wmata.com/about/news/images/All_4_cards_v4_1.png)
Metro begins phasing out older SmarTrip cards as part of upgrades to faregates and fare payment technology | WMATA
![Washington, DC - May 9, 2019: Fare vending machines inside of a Washington DC metro station allow customers to purchase Smart Trip cards and passes Stock Photo - Alamy Washington, DC - May 9, 2019: Fare vending machines inside of a Washington DC metro station allow customers to purchase Smart Trip cards and passes Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T9H22G/washington-dc-may-9-2019-fare-vending-machines-inside-of-a-washington-dc-metro-station-allow-customers-to-purchase-smart-trip-cards-and-passes-T9H22G.jpg)
Washington, DC - May 9, 2019: Fare vending machines inside of a Washington DC metro station allow customers to purchase Smart Trip cards and passes Stock Photo - Alamy
![Pilot program to test free and discounted Metro fare cards for low-income D.C. residents - The Washington Post Pilot program to test free and discounted Metro fare cards for low-income D.C. residents - The Washington Post](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5V3BOGA2UII6VNGB7UGZDNQNTY.jpg)
Pilot program to test free and discounted Metro fare cards for low-income D.C. residents - The Washington Post
![Metro on Twitter: "Have you seen it? Our 2019 Cherry Blossom SmarTrip card made ts first appearance Thursday at select SmarTrip vendors in Metrorail stations. #wmata #SpringBlossomsHere https://t.co/ITDwnThGkV" / Twitter Metro on Twitter: "Have you seen it? Our 2019 Cherry Blossom SmarTrip card made ts first appearance Thursday at select SmarTrip vendors in Metrorail stations. #wmata #SpringBlossomsHere https://t.co/ITDwnThGkV" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D13ncWbX4AIp19j.jpg:large)