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Mayor Jacob Frey says he wants to both increase driver pay and ensure rideshare services continue operating in Minneapolis.

Mayor Frey urges Minneapolis Council to reconsider rideshare policy less than a month before Uber and Lyft potentially leave.

Thursday, Minneapolis’s city council is set to meet to decide whether or not it should follow through with a measure passed last month to raise the wages…

Leaders in accessibility, tourism and other areas joined the mayor Monday ahead of the council meeting Thursday.

Advocates for disabled people as well as downtown business backers joined Mayor Jacob Frey Monday to urge council members to “step back from the cliff.” They say if Uber and Lyft follow through on their promises to leave the city May. 1 people who rely on their services will be negatively impacted.

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.

Several groups of people are worried about Uber and Lyft leaving Minneapolis; companies trying to fill the void.