D.C. pushes credit cards, TV screens into cabs

Published July 5, 2012 4:00am ET



Coming soon to District taxicabs: credit card machines, GPS technology and “Saturday Night Live.”

Mayor Vincent Gray said Thursday that the city has reached a $35 million deal with VeriFone to install in each of the District’s 6,500 taxis by the end of the year so-called “smart meter” technology, ranging from monitors with NBC programming to panic buttons.

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