Still not sure how much you'll be paying for your daily commute come June 27, when WMATA's massive new fare hikes go into effect? Metro's Trip Planner can now tell you. more ›

• The Trip Planner will now recognize abbreviated street directional indicators, such as S, or S. for South.
• Under the "Advanced" link, the Trip Planner will now allow address searches to be restricted to one of Metro’s compact jurisdictions, instead of searching the entire Metro service area.
• Search data will no longer disappear if you get the dreaded "Destination/Origin Not Found" message, so when you go back to try it again, you won't have to retype your entire entry.

Via Dr. Gridlock, it looks like WMATA has put all its new fares into their web site so that customers can figure out how much they'll have to pay come January 6. more ›

While Metro's online Trip Planner is a great feature (generating 29,000 itineraries for riders each day), it wasn't much help if you were debating whether or not to wait for that bus while standing in the cold or rain. But in an effort to stay abreast of all new toys the kids are using nowadays, Metro has gone mobile. Riders can now access Trip Planner from web-enabled phones, Blackberrys, and Treos. Just like the desktop version, mobile Trip Planner will give you detailed travel itineraries that include transfer info, travel times, and directions. If you need a last minute restaurant table, movie showtime, or the local weather, we still recommend you ask our very own LastCall, which employs text messages. more ›

Over the weekend WMATA unveiled a significant re-design of their website. more ›