Despite slowdowns, the project has been a catalyst for commercial and residential development along the line, as the four suburban cities on the route continue to consider projects.
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Before Lyft, before Uber, Minneapolis had Taxi Magic. The app launched in Minneapolis in 2009, just two years after the iPhone, and worked by connecting riders with some local taxi companies. In the late 2000s, Minneapolis had more cabs than ever, and the early days of the smartphone meant more ways to summon one. One taxi company president told the Star Tribune in 2013 that the app accounted .
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