Taxi medallions have been the best investment in America for years. Now Uber may be changing that.

When Uber first launched as a fledgling ride-for-hire service in San Francisco four years ago, it was a tech and transportation curiosity, a niche company for the kind of people who travel in black town cars. Since then, the company has transformed from yet another app to a billion-dollar behemoth with major public policy implications.

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