Over the weekend the Post put up a pretty slick new taxi meter fare calculator which incorporates the new meter rates Mayor Adrian Fenty proposed last week.

Not only can you enter a beginning and ending address to calculate your meter fare, you can also drag starting and ending markers on a map to estimate approximate fares. Of course, other real world factors will affect what you’ll actually see on taxi meters after April 6, such as traffic congestion and routes chosen. Still, it’s pretty fun to plug and chug common taxi rides to find out how much you can expect to pay once taxi meters are in place. For example, a metered ride from U and 13th Streets NW to the main drag on Mt. Pleasant Street calculates out at $6 in normal traffic — a full $2.80 less than what drivers charge under the zone system. On the other hand, a trip from Farragut Square to Union Station would run approximately $8, an increase of $1.50 over the zone system.

Plug some of your usual taxi rides into the application and let us know if you’ll tend to save or tend to pay more with Fenty’s new rate structure. Keep in mind, the calculator only works with addresses that begin and end within the District.