Those of you who’ve had April 6 circled on your calendars as the first day you can expect all D.C. cabs will be outfitted with time and distance meters, time to make a little adjustment: the deadline has been pushed back to May 1.

The Post reports that a judge made the ruling because the District published two different timetables for the public comment period on the final meter regulations, which the city is blaming on a typographical error.

The matter came before a judge in the first place because a group of cab drivers are suing in order to challenge the authority of Mayor Adrian Fenty and Taxicab Commission Chairman Leon Swain to set rules and rates for the new system. The drivers say the eight-member Taxicab Commission should have been the ones to make the final decision – a position which we find more than a little hilarious, considering the Commission couldn’t even make a decision when they were asked for one.

D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles expressed confidence that the city would win on the larger issue.

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