Elam Baer is one of thousands daily who rely on Uber to get to work or appointments in the Twin Cities. So when Baer heard Uber was pulling out of the region May 1 after the Minneapolis City Council passed a law setting a minimum wage for rideshare drivers, he wasn't happy. Lyft, the other rideshare giant, will stop serving Minneapolis at the same time. Baer decided to do something about it. .
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Some believe the two ridesharing companies are unlikely to roll out of Minneapolis. However, they did pulled out of Austin, Texas for a year until the state governor stepped in to create uniform statewide rules.