Local Mayor Emanuel Announces that Taxi Ordinance Brings Huge Improvements to Chicago’s Taxi Industry by Gary Kopycinski on February 8, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 416 percent increase in fuel efficient vehicles just one year after passage; Number of wheelchair accessible vehicles doubles; Taxi ordinance meets Mayor Emanuel’s goals with newer, cleaner, safer and more accessible cabs in Chicago.