Metro changes: New fare hikes, no more negative card balances

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Metrorail just got more expensive for the area’s 9-to-5ers — again.

Metro officials implemented the second and final round of planned “peak of the-peak” fare increases Monday, raising the charge for morning commuters by 20 cents per ride between 7:30 and 9 a.m. on weekdays, called “the peak of the peak.”

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