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From $250,000 to $0: Taxi Medallions in S.F.

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Devin Katayama
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San Francisco cab drivers give feedback during a city hosted meeting. (Sam Harnett/KQED)

If you use Uber or Lyft in San Francisco, you’re no doubt helping to kill the taxi cab industry. But the city didn’t help either when it started charging $250,000 for taxi medallions as the ride service companies were getting started. Here’s a story about a man who died waiting for a fare and the family that’s still paying off his medallion debt.

Guest: Sam Harnett, Silicon Valley reporter at KQED

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