Metro riders are getting more out of their fare cards, one more reason why the transit agency says it is getting squeezed economically.
The agency says it is earning less money than in the past from unused fares — when, for example, a rider throws away a fare card with a few cents left. Instead, passengers are using reloadable plastic SmarTrip cards and wasting less of the money they have paid.
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