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SmarTrip was the first contactless smart card for transit in the United States when WMATA began selling SmarTrip cards on May 18, 1999. By 2004, 650,000 SmarTrip cards were in circulation. [25] On November 12, 2002, the first SmarTrip readers were used on Metrobuses. [24]
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA / w ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / wə-MAH-tə), [3] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between Washington, D.C ...
MetroAccess. MetroAccess is a shared-ride public transportation service for individuals in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area who are unable to use fixed-route public transit due to disability. It is managed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and is operated by various companies that contract to provide the service.
Union Station, the busiest station in the system. The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere, at the Wheaton station [ 5] Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West. Largo Town Center station, one of the newest stations. Arlington Cemetery station on a snowy day. Elevated platform at National Airport.
2012 (launched 1 February with Peninsula Taxi Association in the Western Cape) [1] Cape Town. MyConnect ( MasterCard PayPass) Golden Arrow Gold Card [2] MyCiti, Golden Arrow Bus Services. 2011, [3] 2018 [4] Durban. Muvo ( MasterCard PayPass) eThekwini Transport Authority with Standard Bank of South Africa. 2012.
Metrorail. The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
The Metrobus fleet is the sixth-largest bus fleet in the United States. It provides more than 130 million passenger trips per year in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. As of 2020, the current Metrobus fleet consists of 1,571 buses of varying fuel types including diesel, compressed natural gas, diesel-electric hybrid, and battery-electric.
The Georgia Avenue Limited Line, designated as Route 79, is a daily bus route that is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Silver Spring station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro and Archives station of the Green and Yellow lines of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 10–12 minutes at all times.