D.C. transit card encounters some bumps along the way

Washington D.C.’s School District’s new program to shift all of its student transit passes to the new D.C. One Card has become bogged with problems, including technical glitches in Metro’s fare system, according to the Washington Examiner.

City officials spent the Labor Day weekend processing a backlog of 2,500 cards, and then...

Washington D.C.’s School District’s new program to shift all of its student transit passes to the new D.C. One Card has become bogged with problems, including technical glitches in Metro’s fare system, according to the Washington Examiner.

City officials spent the Labor Day weekend processing a backlog of 2,500 cards, and then hand-delivered them around the city. “The city had the backlog in processing applications because of a staffing shortage,” said a spokesman for District Department of Transportation.

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