DC: Metro’s Cash-Free Bus Pilot Aims to Speed Up Trips, but Some Riders Worried
May 29, 2018
Cash will no longer be king on one of D.C.’s popular limited-stop bus routes, and cash payments could soon be banned on other routes as well.
Source WTOP
Cash will no longer be king on one of D.C.’s popular limited-stop bus routes, and cash payments could soon be banned on other routes as well.
Metro is set to ban cash payments on the 79 limited-stop route along Georgia Avenue, between the Silver Spring Transit Center and Archives-Navy Memorial, starting June 24. It’s part of a pilot program meant to speed up bus trips that is drawing some concerns from riders.
The ban would formally become permanent in December after a public hearing later this year and could also expand to other routes.
