Metro News Release
For immediate release: August 14, 2013
SmarTrip® goes back to school
Metro visits area campuses to promote SmarTrip® cards to students
Metro representatives will visit several local college campuses over the next two weeks to encourage new and returning students to buy one of the essentials of college life in this region: a SmarTrip® card.
“Cost savings and convenience are especially important to students, and having a SmarTrip® card gives students in our transportation network the benefit of both as they use the Metro system,” said Lynn Bowersox, Metro's Assistant General Manager for Customer Service, Communications and Marketing.
The upcoming campus sales events are:
Friday, August 16 | 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Northern Virginia Community College
3001 N. Beauregard Street
Bisdorf Building, 1st floor, outside of room 196
Alexandria, VA
Monday, August 19 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Ave. NW
Building 46 – Auditorium
Washington, DC
Monday and Tuesday, August 19 - 20 | 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Howard University
Blackburn Center, Ground Level
2397 6th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20 – 21 | 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
American University
Community Showcase
Mary Graydon Center
4400 Mass, Ave, NW
Washington, DC
Wednesday, August 21 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Gallaudet University
Student Academic Center, Multipurpose Room
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, DC
Thursday and Friday, August 22 – 23 | 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Catholic University
Student Orientation
Edward J. Prybyal University Center Lower level
620 Michigan Ave, NE
Washington, DC
Thursday, August 22 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Prince George’s Community College
Largo Campus
Novak Field House
301 Largo Road
Largo, MD
Saturday, August 24 | 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Georgetown University
Red Square
3700 O St, NW
Washington, DC
Saturday, August 24 | 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Virginia Tech
Northern Virginia Center, Room 214
7054 Haycock Road
Falls Church, VA
Wednesday, August 28 | 12:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Georgetown Law
Georgetown Vendor Fair
McDonald Hall
600 New Jersey, Ave, NW 3rd Floor
Washington, DC
Thursday, August 29 | 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
George Mason University
Founders Hall
Arlington Campus
3351 Fairfax, Dr.
Fairfax, VA
Friday, August 30 | 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
University of Maryland
Stamp Center Grand Ballroom
College Park, MD
In addition to the sales events listed above, SmarTrip® cards are sold in the campus bookstore and/or student union at American University, George Washington University and University of Maryland-College Park.
Using a SmarTrip® card saves students $1 on each Metrorail trip and 20 cents on each Metrobus trip. It also gives students free bus-to-bus transfers and a 50-cent discount when transferring between bus and rail.
SmarTrip® is faster, safer and more convenient than paying with cash or using a paper farecard. The plastic reloadable SmarTrip® cards can be registered online to protect the balance in the event the card is lost or stolen. Registering the card also gives students the ability to go online to add more value.
News release issued at 12:49 pm, August 14, 2013.