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
Taxi (pinball) least 200 sample games were shipped with 'Marilyn' before the change was made. Mark Ritchie explained also in the book "The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present", that the name 'Lola' was taken from the 1970s song "Lola" about a transvestite, that fits also to her muscular arms on the backglass. "Get ready for the taxi everyone's going to be lining up for!" "The one taxi Lola, Gorbie, Santa, Dracula... and operators everywhere are hailing!" "The one taxi Marilyn, Gorbie, Santa, Dracula... and operators everywhere are hailing!" "Taxi" was formerly available simulated in "The Pinball Arcade" on any platform until WMS