D.C. officials have been promising credit card payment options in taxicabs for months. But by summer it might actually happen.

Metro’s plan for more riders to use SmarTrip cards is working: purchases of the reusable cards increased 27 percent since July.

It took less than an hour for the D.C. Taxicab Commission to propose and rescind a surcharge that would have made taxi rides more expensive during the Washington Nationals’ playoff games.

No more paying 29 cents for a glass of filtered water! Italian restaurant Elisir has freed the tap water.

This morning, the WMATA board of directors shelved a proposal to charge all riders entering and exiting the system at Union Station a five-cent surcharge.