The mobile card can be accessed through Apple Wallet and also by downloading a new Metro app, available free in the App Store. Users do not have to download the Metro mobile app to use the Apple Wallet feature. It is really the future.”Other transit systems using Apple Wallet include those in London, China, Hong Kong and Japan, according to Apple. Wiedefeld described the mobile payment system as a bigger development than when the transit system did away with paper fare cards in 2016. “It’s more of a convenience, but it should have been done long ago.”ADMetro had pledged in December to roll out the mobile system this year.

Source: Washington Post September 01, 2020 12:58 UTC