SmarTrip cards will get a little bit cheaper — but not for another couple of months: WTOP says that WMATA will drop the price of the card from $5 to $2.50 on August 29. It’s interesting timing — as part of the big fare increases, those using a paper farecard on Metrorail will be charged an extra 25 cents. But that fee goes into effect August 1, along with a boatload of other increases. One would think that Metro would have these two alterations line up a little bit better, but hey, at least Metro is actually reducing the cost of something.