Uber and Lyft claim they will cease operating in the Minneapolis area in protest of a minimum pay ordinance that the city council voted to approve last week. The bill, to go into effect on 1 May, would establish a minimum pay of $1.40 per mile and$0.51 cents per minute for rideshare drivers, with a $5 per ride minimum. The city council voted to override the mayor’s veto of the ordinance, prompting Uber and Lyft to threaten to leave the region in response. Minneapolis would be the only city in the US withou ...