Metro offers SmarTrip autoload feature to all riders

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Metro is now letting all SmarTrip users load money automatically onto their plastic farecards, the agency said Thursday, after testing it in a pilot earlier this month.

The new feature allows riders to connect a credit or debit card to their registered Smartrip farecards so that if their balance drops to a set level, the agency will automatically charge the rider and refill the card.

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