It would also reintroduce the problem that medallions were invented to solve: traffic congestion. By restricting the number of taxi drivers on the road via the

It would also reintroduce the problem that medallions were invented to solve: traffic congestion. By restricting the number of taxi drivers on the road via the medallion system, it keeps traffic down and the streets driveable. ... granted, the presence of so many unregulated rideshare cars on the streets renders this moot. We're right back where we started before the medallion system when it comes to congestion. Spectacular Failures had a good episode about the medallion system! https://www.spectacularfailures.org/episode/2020/09/28/nyc-taxi-medallions-steep-fare https://www.spectacularfailures.org/episode/2020/09/28/nyc-t...