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Dockless electric scooter companies Bird and LimeBike have returned to the streets of Austin, along with new competition, after temporarily removing their scooters in April to comply with the city’s new permitting process.

Capital Metro made changes to more than 50 bus routes in the Austin area on Sunday, including routes to and from the University.

Students opening their Bird or LimeBike dockless electric scooter apps over the weekend were not greeted with the usual flood of icons signifying available scooters in the campus area. 

Last week, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide injunction, ruling it was unconstitutional for the federal government to withhold funds from local jurisdictions that do not comply with federal immigration enforcement. However, this decision could mean little for the state of Texas, said Denise Gilman, UT law clinical professor.