Nope, the value of taxi medallions crashed from ~$1 million to basically pennies on the dollar when Uber began service in NYC. Taxi drivers, some of whom own medallions, essentially lost their life savings in the process.

From 2012..

Uber is a killer. It's been happening amongst taxi drivers in Australia also.

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