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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I swiped into metro yesterday (I ride it about once every 2-3 months) with $1.85 on my card, which is not enough $$ to pay the minimum fare. When I got to my destination, I couldn't get out of the exit gates. The station agent asked me if I had cash (what?!) to pay the fare difference.

And I didn't, so he opened the exit gate and I went and immediately loaded more money on my card. But yeah, I guess that's fare evasion.[/quote]

So you literally walk around in life with zero dollars on your person? [/quote]

I almost always have very little cash on me -- the only thing I use it for anymore is to hand it over to my kids when they demand it for buying snacks after school. Which doesn't exactly make me urgently want to plan a trip to the ATM to make sure I have more available.

However, I think every Metro fare machine takes credit cards, so if I were this PP, I'd have been fine.[/quote]
You are someone that doesn’t take Metro and yet here you are with opinions about it. Exitfare machines only take cash. Now you know. [/quote]

Actually, I am someone who takes Metro at least three times a week, but I've only had a SmarTrip, linked to my credit card so it automatically refills when it's below a certain balance, for decades. The last time I used an ExitFare machine was a very long time ago. So yes, now I know.

The point is, though, there's nothing weird about people walking around with little cash. Metro should make it easier to top up SmarTrips with credit cards.[/quote]

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