DC Metro begins selling commemorative Obama inauguration SmarTrip cards

Washington, D.C.'s Metrorail subway is accepting orders for SmartTrip fare cards commemorating President Obama's second inauguration.

The organization that runs subway trains in the capital, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), said Tuesday that it was accepting pre-sale payments for cards that will mark Obama taking the oath of office again on Jan. 21, 2013.

The cards feature Obama's picture and include the phrase "America Makes History Again." Metro is selling the commemorative cards for $15, which is $5 more than the price of a normal SmarTrip card. 

The agency had prepared cards for both Obama and his unsuccessful Republican opponent Mitt Romney. Romney's card would've featured his picture and the phrase "A New Future For America."

Obama's inauguration in 2009 provided Metro with its highest number of passengers in a single day in its 36-year history, when more than one million people rode trains to watch the 44th president take the oath of office.

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