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According to quick wikisearch, all cities except NYC, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Philly and SF

• 908B64B197 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_medallion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_medallion > Several major cities in the US use these in their taxi licensing systems, including New York City, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. I think you might have misinterpreted the sentence here: these are cited as examples, not at the only cities in the US to have such a system in place.
  • sharkmerry 5y ago
    Did you research before asking "which cities didn't?" Or only after I replied? "Denver taxi medallions" seems to return nothing indicating they have one. Los Angeles doesn't seem to have one either
    • aksss 5y ago
      Is "medallion" a requirement for this search? I think a lot of cities that use this system merely call them licenses. I'm not sure that whether you call the system one of medallions or one of licenses makes them qualitatively different if the principle is that a) only a limited number can ever be issued creating artificial scarcity; b) that scarcity and resulting high cost create a protected group of suppliers; c) the city has a financial interest and even duty to shield the market from competitors and innovation.
• aksss 5y ago
  Yeah, my city had/has it and is not on list.