Metro took an initial step Thursday to create a new payment system that would let riders pay for their commutes directly with credit cards, eliminating the need to wait in line at fare machines.
A board of directors committee gave the transit agency preliminary permission to seek proposals from financial institutions as early as this summer. The full board must vote on the issue, but the idea has such widespread support among board members that they nearly gave the proposal presentation themselves. Metro staffers never presented their carefully prepared slide show.
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