Following up on this morning’s news that WMATA will need to procure a new manufacturer for SmarTrip cards within a couple of years, Adam Tuss reports that Metro board chairman Peter Benjamin told him that new technology would let riders use their credit cards as SmarTrip cards. Obviously, there’s a lot of details which would need to be hashed out — for instance, what happens with SmartBenefits and whether there would be inequities between different cards offering linking or not — but the obvious plusses (like being able to set up automatic withdrawal from your card to fill your SmarTrip) make it an intriguing development.

Many of you who are subscribed to our Twitter feed expressed concerns about flashing your credit card every time you need to enter or exit a Metro station. So we figured we’d just ask: is linking SmarTrip to a credit card a good idea or not? Vote above.