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Metro hasn’t set a date for new exit procedures, SmarTrip price drop

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Metro spokeswoman Angela Gates said her agency had originally planned to lower the SmarTrip card price — from $5 to $2.50 — and implement new gate exiting procedures on Aug. 29.

But new software must be installed to allow SmarTrip cardholders to add money to their cards using existing “Exitfare” machines, and that software installation is taking longer than anticipated.

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