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. Assuming no other changes to the fare schedule are made before the board takes its final vote later this month, the Trip Planner currently reflects the complex fare increases that are set to begin this summer. Just set the trip date to June…

Keep your eye out this weekend for some tweaks to WMATA’s Trip Planner tool, which are set to launch on Saturday. Among the changes, according to Metro: 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…

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. This chart shows the basic layout of the new fares, fees and passes, and this link takes you to a page that lets you choose your Metro station, and then shows you a table of all the different fares you’ll have to pay…

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…

Over the weekend WMATA unveiled a significant re-design of their website. While the new site doesn’t have much new content or features, overall we think it’s easier to navigate and use. The “Ride Guide” has been moved up on their main page and renamed a “Trip Planner,” and the navigation menu has been improved and moved to the upper left. Also, although we’re not sure if it’s new or not, with all the delays on…