From $250,000 to $0: Taxi Medallions in S.F. - a podcast by 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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