Metro is asking its riders to lobby Congress to extend a federal tax benefit scheduled to roll back on Jan. 1 that will increase the commuting cost for the transit system’s SmartBenefits users.

The agency released an “urgent update” this week on its home page and sent to some commuters’ e-mail inboxes, calling on SmartBenefits users to write their congressional representative to extend their tax break or face losing nearly half their monthly rail and bus allowance.

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