It's hard to imagine that less than a decade ago, the phrases "Let's take an Uber" or "We'll just Lyft there" were nonexistent in our vocabularies. Now, these companies have lodged themselves firmly into our everyday vernacular (see "Uberfication"). With the surging popularity of these rideshare services, it appears taxis may soon become the latest victims of obsolete retirement, only to be spoken in the same breath as horse drawn buggies and Betamax.