The Meter Struggle

It's a showdown of epic proportions as Mayor Adrian Fenty is threatening to levy $1,000 fines on any DC cabs that don't shift to charging people via a meter, but with less than two weeks to go few drivers have installed meters. One friend of mine says he's seen a meter in a cab, but I haven't and nobody else I know seems to have seen one.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/04/the-meter-struggle/44458/