Taxi medallion to "The Washington Post", medallions were "the best investment in America", but—due to increased competition from app-based car services and transportation network company growth from companies like Uber and Lyft—taxi medallions are now decreasing in price. In 2013, the price of a medallion was $625,000. In 2014, that price had risen to around $700,000. In 2014, a medallion was worth nearly $700,000. The total value of all medallions and assets related to them had a value of $2.5 billion in Chicago in 2013. In 2012, medallion prices ranged from $87,000 to $385,000. In 2015, Chicago's average medallion price was under
Space Taxi and a shooting robot relating to "RobotWar" (1981, Silas S. Warner). Kutcher wrote "Space Taxi" while a freshman at Hopkins University. The physics in the game were influenced by "Lunar Lander". "Space Taxi" was cloned several times for the Amiga, once keeping the original name and once as "AirTaxi". A similar game on the PC was called "Ugh!", where the player controls a caveman with a flying contraption. For Windows Phone a remake of the first eight levels was published in 2012 as "Sketch Taxi". "Space Taxi 2", an authorized sequel to "Space Taxi", was released by Twilight Games in