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The more ambitious cities put readers everywhere - when you visit the museum, they scan the card and let you in. This model presumably would help to automate the revenue sharing agreement behind the card and maintain reliable data about tourist... D Tom, CaBi is only a fixed price for the whole day if you use it for less than 30 minutes at a time (which many tourists don't understand), and it's not real useful to get to/from the hotel (many of which are out of town or in far-flung locations... Sure, ordering tourist-branded cards with the Smarttrip chip and a barcode/magnetic strip would initially be pricey, but marketed correctly these bad boys would more than make up the price to purchase them, AND get tourists moving A LITTLE faster... ) That being said, I worked in the tourist industry for about a year and a half (granted, this was back in 2007-08), and can't really recall hearing anyone grousing about the price of a Metro ride, so take that for what you will. As for the museums/restaurants/shops, whether they want to participate is totally up to them, and the cut to the various businesses would have to be negotiated. The programming for the all-day passes already exists, so if Metro figures out how to put passes on Smarttrip, this shouldn't be a huge programming endeavor (it would just be like purchasing a couple of all-day passes in one card). So if a pass like this would make the system less complex, I'm all for it. But I don't quite get the point of the pass system with the museums. As @charlie notes, the key is partly what's available on the card, but also the revenue sharing agreement behind the card. by JustMe Museum bundling and transit are two fundamentally different issues in DC, because most of the museums, especially most of the museums that people go to, are free. Heck, creating such a well-designed system in DC would be something akin to giving American tourists to DC the middle finger, as if to say, "the way your hometowns do things isn't good enough. Don't we have a tourism board that could handle the initial "selling" of the service to the private entities. The biggest single complaint I hear about the Metro is that it's pricing system is confusing. And that's not counting the other, smaller paid museums (the Corcoran, the Phillips, NMWA). As to the point of the article, I think it's fine, but what problem does it solve. I know that at that price I would consider visiting both the Newseum and the Spy Museum. Couldn't the "tourist cards" just have a barcode or credit-card style swipe strip printed on the back of them for stores/ museums/restaurants to use. As for whether museums and the like would get Smartrip readers, I've seen two different models with the European all-in-one cards. While I think it would behoove them to do a combined pass--and while people mentioned such passes in Europe, which I guess include transit, there are plenty of museum-based combined passes in various cities across the country including NYC, SF,... I should think we want happier tourists to visit DC. That's not really a sort of honest presentation of American values or the American way of doing things. In this instance: tourists are a huge part of the economic lifeblood of this region, and anything that makes their lives easier is something to support. While I agree with you that this website is frequently guilty of, as you say, "Euro-envy", I'm not sure that that's always a bad thing (especially when it comes to transit). It would be even better if we could somehow combine it with airport transportation (like Flyer) so that there's an even bigger incentive to pick one up at the airport. If we cared about doing a good job and having things be as efficient and convenient as possible for their own sake, then we'd be Germany. Plus the Newseum, Corcoran, and Philips are nonprofits, while the Spy Museum, Nat. We're America: that means we have a hodge podge of various inefficient things that don't interoperate, and we figure out how to make it work. If you want to see all four of those (and two EASILY hit the category of "greatest hits" for tourists. With Metro investigating how to put passes on the Smarttrip card, this seems like an ideal application. I advise visitors who plan ahead to just order a SmartTrip card and put $20 bucks on it. No one has ever complained about the extra cost of this, generally they're just relieved at having a relatively problem free solution. Kinda like how my CC that allows me to "tap" it also allows it to be swiped. Or the ones outside the city proper (Mount Vernon). Yes, and there are circumstances under which I would certainly recommend it. But for the more casual tourist a tourist card has many benefits. It's a good option for a day on the Mall, but not a complete package of transit services that a tourist would need. A more low-tech way is to simply keep a manual log of which card numbers visit which museums and turn in that data on a weekly/monthly basis. We could put the same restriction on these cards as regular day passes (after 9:30 on weekdays) to help mitigate a tourist crush. and I'd argue that all four are likely to be of interest, given my past experience), you're looking at over $80 for one person. And it would likely encourage more people to visit the prohibitively expensive museums. Museum of Crime and Punishment, and Madame Tussauds are for profits. by Tim Krepp Why would the museums and shops need to put in RFID readers. look how efficient DC is. ", which comes across as insulting, as though we're acting like we're better than they are. by Ser Amantio di Nicolao I'm just saying that I don't see anything wrong in making the tourist experience more user-friendly for people. Most visitors will just pick one or two, if any, as an add on to the Smithsonians, NGA, etc. Many European cities have recognized that, and I see no reason why we can't do the same. it allows you to plan your visit in a manner which you would prefer, rather than following a pre-determined route. Obviously, people driving around not knowing what to do clog the streets because they are slower. (Also, what about the National Museum of Crime & Punishment. yes, the tour bus exists, but it can also be quite expensive. I've never worked on one (they mostly use tape recordings and not live guides), but I have no problem with them. The chance of someone seeing Newseum, Spy, Phillips, etc. That's not an easy amount to swallow for many tourists. Would need 3-, 5-, and 7-day versions to maximize its use. Such an agreement would be difficult to pull off, but not impossible. - National Museum of Crime and Punishment. Tourist people getting around conveniently isn't something that WMATA prioritizes, because it faces such budget pressures. That's what makes stakeholders excited - a steady stream of income. Do you get a good bang for your buck. NCPC does have a visitor element, but it needs strengthening. Visitor movement as transportation demand management should be prioritized. DC doesn't have a tourist management plan. by Ser Amantio di Nicolao @charile, I'm curious, why should double-deckers be banned. on one trip is a little unlikely.