I drive to work on occasion. Do I need to adjust my benefit amount?

Whenever the amount of Transit Benefit you receive exceeds the amount you need you must adjust your benefit.

When you use certain electronic fare media, including the TRANServe Card and the WMATA SmarTrip ®   card, you are not required to return unused funds. Unused funds are automatically returned to your Agency at the end of each monthly funding cycle. If this does not occur in your region your Agency may require you to produce a check or money order to return the funds to their program.

Example #1: You do adjust your benefit amount if you have certified that your estimated commuting cost is $4.00 per day, or $80.00 per month. On two days during the month you decide to drive rather than use mass transportation, reducing your monthly commuting cost by $8.00.  If your Region still uses paper fare media you must reduce the amount you  accept when it is time for the next Transit Benefit Distribution  to $72.00, to account for the amount of media left from last time.

Example #2: You do not have to adjust your benefit amount if you have certified your estimated commuting cost is $16.00 per day, or $320.00 per month. You received a Transit Benefit of $280.00 for the month and on two days during the month you drove to work, reducing your mass transit expenses by $32.00. At the next Transit Benefit distribution you do not need to reduce your Transit Benefit as your actual commuting cost still exceeded the amount of Transit Benefit you received.