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It’s like a prix fixe menu, but for Metro ticketing. Meet the newest way to pay for your rides on Metrorail—a yet-to-be-named monthly flexible pass that will allow for unlimited rides … up to a point.

Metro spokesperson Sherri Ly compared the forthcoming offering to the 7-day short trip pass. For $36, you can use the short trip pass for a week of unlimited rides that individually cost up to $3.60 when peak fares are in effect. If your trip costs more, you pay the difference with stored value in your SmarTrip.

This same concept will soon be rolled out for a monthly pass. The pilot will be launched at two price points, Ly confirms, saying that additional details will be released “soon.” Metro told the Washington Post, which first reported the news, that some WMATA employees are already trying out the new payment option.

Metro’s budget documents refer to it as a “Name your own price pass,” and note that passengers will be able to make multiple stops on their journey and expand the pass for use on buses. While Ly declined to say when the program would launch, the budget says it will be implemented this spring.

“The pass will allow customers to use the WMATA transit network in ways built around today’s lifestyles and travel patterns,” says the budget document. This could be a way to win back declining riders who’ve grown frustrated with the transit system, though it doesn’t address the underlying issue of reliability that has alienated commuters from Metro.

(This post originally misspelled Ly’s surname.)