All District taxis must be able to accept credit cards by March 31, according to planned regulations from a city agency. Earlier plans for taking credit cards were on hold for the indefinite future due to a botched contract.

The DC Taxicab Commission is set to approve emergency regulations at its Jan. 24 meeting that will require cabs to either install credit card swipers or sign up with a digital dispatch service, like UberTAXI or MyTaxi, which accept riders’ credit cards via smartphone.