The smart meter’s credit card payment keypad and TV screen, which will feature short loops of NBC content and weather.

D.C. taxicab riders may have to wait just a little bit longer to be able to pay for their rides with credit cards.

The Post reports that a D.C. judge with the Contract Appeals Board halted the installation of smart meters that are set to come to the city’s 6,500 cabs by November.

Mayor Vince Gray announced the start of the installations at a press conference last week, but two companies that lost bids to offer the meters—which include TV, GPS tracking and a credit card payment option—protested how the $35 million, five-year contract was awarded to winning bidder VeriFone.

While a judge ruled earlier this week that the installation of the meters could continue, the most recent ruling comes from the Contract Appeals Board, which has to rule on whether the city properly awarded the contract to VeriFone or not. The contract judge said that the dispute would be resolved by October, which could likely push back the arrival of the smart meters to the city’s cab fleet. So far, only a few dozen of the meters have been installed.

The smart meters have been bogged down since they were first announced—not only have there been complaints as to how the contract was awarded, but Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) also put a hold on $1.3 million that Gray wanted to use to pay for their installation.