Would you want all of the District’s taxicabs to be a single color, say white? That’s amongst the ideas to be presented today by Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) as part of a broader bill to modernize the city’s large fleet of taxicabs.

In a 20-page proposal released this morning, the D.C. Taxicab Commission found that justification existed for raising rates, though it bucked proposals for more dramatic hikes and noted that “industry improvements are a must.”

Want credit card payment options? Environmentally friendly cabs? A cab driver that can tell you about the city’s historic sites? These are all parts of an eight-point improvement plan for the District’s taxicabs laid out by Mayor Vince Gray, but they won’t be free.