Michael Perkins of Infosnack Headquarters emailed us last night to let us know that he discovered something interesting while listening to last week’s Customer Service Operations and Safety Committee board meeting. It seems as if Metro’s $5 price point for SmarTrip cards might be slightly profitable for the agency. Certainly, this isn’t a total bombshell. But it could be a bit of a prickly matter since Metro decided to eliminate paper bus transfers come January, thereby leaving bus riders with no other option but to purchase a card. Of course, there aren’t any hard figures yet on exactly what percentage of that $5 is profit for Metro – and, as Michael notes, we won’t see any until the next board meeting on November 20, if we see any at all. Advocates for lower-income residents will likely be very interested to see what kind of numbers John Catoe and crew bring to the table.