Riding with kids on Metro

[Anonymous]

How do you ride with kids over the age of 5 on Metro? Do you use your phone and just swipe it multiple times?

[Anonymous]

They hold their pass and deal with it, then hand it to me to be put away when we're seated or settled.

[Anonymous]

They have their own passes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They hold their pass and deal with it, then hand it to me to be put away when we're seated or settled.

this

[Anonymous]

So you can't do a pass on your phone for your kids? It has to be a physical card? Where can you get a physical card nowadays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you can't do a pass on your phone for your kids? It has to be a physical card? Where can you get a physical card nowadays?

You can have multiple passes on your phone.

[Anonymous]

If you mean kids plural, it's cheaper to just uber than to pay 3 fares

[Anonymous]

I’ve never used my phone. We all have cards. DD swipes her own as she goes through then gives it to me to hold on to.

[Anonymous]

You can buy a card at any station

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you mean kids plural, it's cheaper to just uber than to pay 3 fares

OP - we are trying to get from Nats stadium to downtown without sitting in a ton of traffic after the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can buy a card at any station

DP
Do you have to buy a card in addition to the fare? The card is an additional cost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy a card at any station

DP
Do you have to buy a card in addition to the fare? The card is an additional cost?

Most stations don't have cards now (I thought?), but buying them on your phone in the SmarTrip app is very easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can buy a card at any station

DP
Do you have to buy a card in addition to the fare? The card is an additional cost?

Most stations don't have cards now (I thought?), but buying them on your phone in the SmarTrip app is very easy.

Thanks. It looks like you can also purchase a card at a station. What I’m not clear about is if the card is part of the initial fare or if there is a fee for the actual card.

https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/new-riders/

[Anonymous]

I don't believe there's a fee for the card itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you mean kids plural, it's cheaper to just uber than to pay 3 fares

Have you used Uber recently? This might've been the case a decade ago when it was burning VC money by subsidizing fares, but lately it's about $20 each way to get from one end of town to the other. There's no way that's cheaper than taking metro, especially on a weekend.