(Washington Post) — Metro’s plan to reduce the price of SmarTrip cards by half has encountered major obstacles: the agency’s concern that people would use cheaper cards to avoid paying millions of dollars each year and the possibility that the agency will run out of the electronic cards, Metro officials said Thursday.
The revelations at a committee meeting Thursday of Metro’s board of directors exasperated several members, who decided to halt the discussion and ask staff to return next month with better solutions.
“This is embarrassing,” said board member Jim Graham, who is also a D.C. Council member (D-Ward 1). “I think we should move off this agenda item. With every passing minute, it looks worse.”
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