WASHINGTON (WJZ) — A heads up if you take the Metro, you may need to get a new SmarTrip card.
That’s because its getting a new payment system that won’t link up with some of the old cards.
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Metro said it could impact as many as 400,000 people. The rollout of the new technology is scheduled to begin sometime in June and will continue over the year.
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