The move comes after months of back and forth with rideshare companies threatening to leave Minneapolis by May 1, the date the ordinance was to take effect. The move comes after months of back and forth with Mayor Jacob Frey and rideshare companies that threatened to leave Minneapolis by May 1, the ordinance's original effective date. The rule, as it stands now, requires rideshare companies to pay rates of $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute. “A delay is not a fix," said a statement from Frey, who has vehemently...

Axios’ Kyle Stokes has a thread on a press conference Monday in which Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and 50+ representatives from local business and advocacy groups called on the city council to amend the rideshare ordinance. Related: The price of a ride: Fares are about to increase for Minneapolis rideshare drivers. But by how much? Fox9’s Nick Longworth reports the Uptown Art Fair has been cancelled for 2024 due, in part, to the construction along Hennepin Avenue. MPR News’ Aleesa Kuznetsov and Cathy Wurzer have a story about a veteran...

MINNEAPOLIS — Fifty community leaders joined Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Monday to call on the city council to reconsider the pay hike they approved for rideshare drivers. Both Uber and Lyft say they'll leave the Twin Cities May 1 if the current pay plan goes into effect. Right now, the council could take up the issue at Thursday's meeting, but that's not a sure thing. Community leaders came together to ask the Minneapolis City Council to reconsider their pay hike, warning thousands will be stranded at the airport. "Uber and...

Many are hoping the ordinance will be reconsidered at the next full council meeting Thursday. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is trying to get Uber and Lyft to stay in the market after the rideshare companies last month vowed to leave on May 1 because of a new city law requiring them to boost driver pay. Frey brought together groups representing people with disabilities and older residents on Monday as well...

With Uber and Lyft threatening to pull out of Minneapolis if an ordinance raising drivers' pay takes effect on May 1, a coalition of groups representing the city's elderly residents, people with disabilities, the hospitality industry and the airport joined Mayor Jacob Frey on Monday to urge City Council members to step back from the "cliff." "For me as a blind person, I can get around without Uber Lyft and use public transit," Corbb O'Connor, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said in a news conference. "But it's...