SmarTrip® Goes Back to School

[Howard Hartman]

SmarTrip® Goes Back to School

Metro visits six campuses to promote SmarTrip® cards to students

Metro representatives will visit six local college campuses over the next two weeks to encourage new and returning students to buy one of the essentials of college life in this region: a SmarTrip® card.

"One of the great things about going to school in this region is our transportation network, and having a SmarTrip® card gives students access to that network," said Lynn Bowersox, Metro's Assistant General Manager for Customer Service, Communications and Marketing.

The upcoming campus sales events are:

Friday, August 17 | 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Northern Virginia Community College
3001 N. Beauregard Street
Bisdorf Building, 1st floor, outside of room 196
Alexandria, VA

Monday, August 20 | 9:00 a.m. - noon
Wednesday, August 22 | 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
American University International Studies
Constitution Building
4200 Yuma Street, NW
Washington, DC

Thursday, August 23 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Friday, August 24 | 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 25 | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Catholic University of America
Edward J. Prybyal University Center
620 Michigan Ave, NE
Washington, DC

Tuesday, August 28 | 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
University of Maryland
Cole Student Activities Bldg. Courtyard
College Park, MD

Wednesday, August 29 | noon - 5:30 p.m.
Georgetown Law Vendor Fair
McDonough Hall
600 New Jersey Ave, NW 3rd floor
Washington, DC

Thursday, August 30 | 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
George Mason University
Founders Hall, Arlington Campus
3351 Fairfax Dr.
Fairfax, VA

Using a SmarTrip® card saves students $1 on each Metrorail trip and 20 cents on each Metrobus trip. It also gives students free bus-to-bus transfers and a 50-cent discount when transferring between bus and rail.

SmarTrip® is faster, safer and more convenient than paying with cash or using a paper farecard. The plastic reloadable SmarTrip® cards can be registered online to protect the balance in the event the card is lost or stolen. Registering the card also gives students the ability to go online to add more value.

In addition to the sales events listed above, SmarTrip® cards are sold in the campus bookstore and/or student union at American University, George Washington University and University of Maryland-College Park.