Metro News Release

For immediate release: August 1, 2010

Second phase of Metrorail fare adjustments pushed back to Tuesday, August 3

Metro to post new signs on fare card machines to clarify that fare charts refer to SmarTrip® fares

Metrorail’s second phase of fare changes, which was implemented earlier today (Sunday, August 1), will be postponed until Tuesday, August 3, to allow time to post signs on the fare machines to inform customers that the posted fare charts in the stations refer to SmarTrip® fares. Customers who purchase fares with paper cards will need to pay 25 cents more than the cost posted on the signs. Rail fares on Monday, August 2, will remain at the July 31 prices.

News release issued at 10:10 pm, August 1, 2010.