Obama's Face To Go On DC Metro Cards

DCist reports that the D.C. Metro will offer commemorative SmarTrip cards for Barack Obama's inauguration.

Metro spokesperson Steven Taubenkibel confirmed that the commemorative SmarTrip cards should be available for sale in early January, while special paper Metro farecards marking the inauguration will be sold somewhat earlier, in late December.

There was some discussion at the board meeting about the cost and availability of the commemorative SmarTrip cards. Currently, Metro plans to sell them for $10 per card, with no value added to the card at the time of initial purchase, which would make them $5 more expensive than regular SmarTrip cards. They may also be hard to come by, as Metro will only have an initial order of 35,000 on hand to begin with, though Taubenkibel said the agency hopes to have more available as time permits. The short time period during which the cards have had to be ordered, produced, and eventually shipped to D.C. and processed was cited as the main reason for their higher price and small number.

A mockup of the card has been produced, although there has been no formal announcement yet:

Comments

[debrouillard]

Every one who is happy to have president Obama has to be grateful to G W Bush. Withouth him i am almost certain this would not have been possible now.

G W Bush made even the KKK decided that this time,we might just have to settle for brilliance and intelligent. With out Bush,many would have still voted on Race mainly.

[debrouillard]

Now thats one face you wanna see when you wake up in the morning. Could you imagined mcCains face being the first thing you see when you wake up? I think about it all the time and I have to say Cindy is a brave woman.

[justobserve]

Too scary in fact! McCain's face looks like the work of a mortician.

[SeanGardner]

Wow. When I go for the inauguration, I'll have to pick up about 10-15 of them. That's awesome....and, apparantly a great way for the City of DC make a heap of money off of 5 million plus people for their mass transit system. The tens and tens of millions (maybe even $100 million) they'll make off of these cards of pretty amazing when you think about it.

[likeicare]

Exactly. Good marketing move by DC's Metro -- for a change!!

[justobserve]

As an article already suggested, if Obama agrees to have some American products that are in trouble selling, like cars, with his name on them, it would energize the sale greatly and save the companies! Excellent idea!

[TrueBlueMajority]

where can I get one???

[monpetitesweet]

What a smack in the face for DC residents. He will not send his kids to DC Public schools, nope, the man of the people will shell out 30K to send them to an elite private school. But hey, it is OK, once the wealth is redistributed, maybe I can send my kids there too!

[Betty23]

If you received dea*th threats on a daily basis as Obama does I would expect and encourage you to send your kids to a private school where their safety can be better managed. That"s what a caring parent does.

[TiredoftheMSM]

The mayor of DC's own kids don't go to DC public schools!

[ObjectiveRealist]

ANYBODY who can afford to send their kids to a better school is irresponsible to do otherwise. Very few "magnet schools" now exist to even begin a plausible argument of comparable quality.

Public schools in the United States just plain suck. Being committed to improve them does not logically or ethically imply subjecting one's own offspring to them.

[SeanGardner]

Threats against presidents make it unlikely that children of any president will ever attend a public school. Yes, President Carter's daughter attended a public school. But so much has happened in the world since then: World Trade Center bombing; Septmeber 11th; etc. And let's not forget, the daily threats against Obama, a black president, are certainly more intense and more numerous. So in this context, its not surprising that Malia and Sasha will be attending an elite private school with its own elite security team.

You're so eager, so gleefully ready to attack Obama (as evidenced by your "once the wealth is redistributed" line) that you're obviously no using your head.

[debrouillard]

by the way,in case you didnt know America was buitl upon "Distributing the wealth philosophy"

When all the Immigrants that constitue America today arrived,they had nothing whatsoever.Infact the Irish and Scottish and Polish,Italians,etc who came to America were the peasants in their respective countries. Because the well established in those countries never left the countries.

So in order for them to have gotten rich today,some Distribution have to had occured. Because without Distribution of wealth,The rich will remain Rich and the poor will always remain poor

[theone718]

Man it feels good to be proud of your president. It feels real good.

[iswideopen]

YES IT DOES AND YES WE ARE PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yvonne61]

AMERICA ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HIS AS PRESIDENT WHERE CAN BUY ONE I'M READY? I MISS HIM ON TV IT SO BORED NOW.

[Madmac]

I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pupbayer]

How undignified and unprofessional...kind of dorky, too.

[CeciliaBertrand]

silly you - our new President is fabulous, what a fun souvenir.

[pupbayer]

silly you AND him! This is just so belittling of the Presidency. Oh, well...I guess once you can buy an office it does become little.

[eden4barack08]

Very accurate self description pub. Good job!

[FebM]

I am buying one even though I wont make it to DC.

[tomjones44]

can we put him on the dollar bill?

[CeciliaBertrand]

or Mount Rushmore? Hope so.

[eden4barack08]

In due time, dear.

[bujeeboo]

Can I just say? We have one very handsome soon-to-be President.

[loucreattie]

OMG!

I cannot wait to by mine.

I use a Smartrip card everyday on the metrol!

[donniebnyc]

After 8 years of incompetent ideologues, we are sooo ready to take a smart trip with Obama.

This card says it all.

[DinSea]

Oh, he is so beautiful! Never get tired of that fabulous smile.

[4wehttam]

Me neither. Imagine how lucky we are to be looking at him for at least four years. Gorgeous, Brilliant, Visionary and Decency.