Judge backs taxis’ switch to meters

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A D.C. Superior Court judge on Monday upheld the mayor’s authority to force District taxis to install time and distance meters, giving the city’s nearly 7,000 cab drivers just 10 days to make the switch from zone to meters.

The ruling was in response to a last-ditch suit filed by a city cab association challenging the meter edict.

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