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  Cycle rickshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A cycle rickshaw, also known as a pedicab, velotaxi, or trishaw, is a human-powered vehicle for hire, usually with one or two seats for carrying passengers in addition to the driver.
In Taiwan, pedicabs must be registered by their owners with the police before they can be legally driven on public roads.
The 1989 martial arts film Pedicab Driver, directed by and starring Sammo Hung, dealt with a group of pedicab drivers and their problems with romance and organized crime.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cycle_rickshaw   (915 words)

  
 Rickshawforum - New Cork City Council & the Pedicab Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It shall be unlawful to operate or permit another to operate a pedicab within the borough of Manhattan in the area bounded on the east by Second avenue, on the south by Thirtieth street, on the west by Ninth avenue and Columbus avenue and on the north by Sixty-fifth street.
A pedicab operator’s license shall not be issued or renewed unless the applicant therefore has satisfactorily completed a pedicab safety training course and examination pursuant to section 20-1106 of this subchapter within six months prior to the date of application.
Any person operating an unlicensed pedicab may further be subject to seizure and impoundment of his or her pedicab until all applicable penalties and storage fees have been satisfied, or bond has been posted pursuant to the rules promulgated hereunder.
rickshawforum.com /forums/showthread.php?t=505   (1919 words)

  
 Rickshaw Pedicab Rickshaws Pedicabs
A Pedicab, also known as a cycle rickshaw, trishaw or biketaxi, is a human-powered vehicle, usually with one or two seats for carrying passengers in addition to the driver.
Pedicabs are known as a cyclo (pronounced see-clo) in Cambodia and Vietnam, a cycle rickshaw in India, a trishaw in Singapore and a becak in Indonesia.
Pedicabs are also used in some European and North American cities, where they are most often found near tourist attractions.
www.rickshawforum.com   (245 words)

  
 PediCab Advertising
In San Diego, the pedicab advertising fleet of 55 bicycle rickshaws is commonly seen taking conventioneers from their hotel to the Gaslamp Quarter in a huge pedicab parade of Budweiser and Bud Light branded pedicabs providing all the transportation.
Special events are a favorite pedicab or rickshaw activiy along the waterfront harbor excursions and are the perfect way to help your guests from the parking lot to the downtown ball park hotels, clubs, discos and parties.
We have also provided pedicab services to hundreds of corporations at their events, whether it is getting their group from the restaurant to the hotel or an organized team building scavenger hunt, we can do it all.
www.bikecab.com   (467 words)

  
 Manhattan Rickshaw Pedicab Advertising
Pedicab advertising follows your audience unlike other forms of outdoor advertising such as telephone kiosks or bus shelters.
It often serves as a colorful accent on the pedicab body, which is often wrapped in a complementary color scheme.
Panel Ads are frequently vinyl panels with adhesive that we apply to the sides and rear of the pedicabs.
www.manhattanrickshaw.com /advertise.htm   (505 words)

  
 What makes a successful pedicab driver for Mile High Pedicabs?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Pedicab driving is great fun, and can be profitable as well (though there are no guarantees), but it isn't for everyone.
If you are thinking about becoming a pedicab driver, there are a few things to take into consideration before you decide to invest the time and money into becoming a driver.
Pedicabs are reserved in advance, so If you find that you are a procrastinator, it is less likely that you will be a successful driver.
www.milehighpedicabs.com /driverqualities.htm   (601 words)

  
 The Soul of a Pedicab Driver-Carl Etnier
The experience of riding in a pedicab is so exotic and fun that passengers often start laughing the moment we start moving, and sometimes laugh all the way to the destination.
Pedicabbing was full of everything from small annoyances--like people who grab on to the vehicle to stop it while I'm struggling up a hill, or deliberately jump out in front of it--to threatened and, once, actual violence.
Repelled from the door, she sat herself in Ole Jan's pedicab and was still there when we returned.
www.sheldonbrown.com /pedicab.html   (2945 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/pedicab
PEDICAB is composed of Mike Dizon (drums), Raimund Marasigan (keyboard synths), Jason Caballa (guitar), Diego Mapa (lead vocals), and acclaimed music video director RA Rivera (visuals and multimedia).
While the band's seasoned lineup may be reason enough to attract curious listeners, Pedicab has managed to build a loyal following with their infectious original tunes and energetic live performances.
Pedicab's first album, dubbed "Tugish Takish" (the sound of the two-count drumbeat when imitated by human vocals) boasts of impressively slick production, as evidenced by the hook-laden first single "Dizzy Boy", and arrangements employing a minimal-as-maximal approach, leaving a lot of space to dance to.
www.myspace.com /pedicab   (455 words)

  
 Pedicab Driver
The movie kicks off with a huge brawl between the taxi and pedicab drivers (complete with a duel where flourescent lights are used like lightsabers) and it only gets better from there.
The next big action sequence starts off as a chase, where Sammo gets to show off his considerable stunt skills (and his pedicab gets chopped to bits in the process), and ends in a great, and I mean great, duel between Tung and the head of a gambling house (Lau).
Pedicab Driver is a great movie from start to finish (though I could have done without the sickly-sweet musical montage in the middle) and I highly recommend it to any martial arts fan.
members.aol.com /mrblue845/pedicabdriver.html   (341 words)

  
 Boston Pedicab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Pedicab rides are a great first date idea, wedding idea, historic boston tour ride, way to get to fenway park, and advertising idea.
The revolution is being televised--Boston Pedicab has been featured on NECN, Channel 5, Channel 7, as well as in The Boston Globe, WZLX, Northeastern News, Improper Bostonian and more.
People just can't get over the advantages of pedicab transportation--the entertaining drivers, the comfortable ride, the perfect people-watching speed, the sun and the breeze--pedicab transportation is the perfect "see and be seen" experience.
www.bostonpedicab.com   (236 words)

  
 Self-Propelled City: Pedicab Drivers Sue Governor Sutiyoso for Operating Ban
The filing of the lawsuit was witnessed by some 150 pedicab drivers, some of whom parked their three-wheeled vehicles outside the district court building.
The pedicab drivers alleged in their lawsuit Governor Sutiyoso was inconsistent in his policy on pedicabs in the city.
The pedicab drivers said they were pleased with this decision, but shortly afterward the governor reversed his decision and instructed all five mayors in Jakarta to ban the operation of pedicabs in the city beginning on June 30, according to the lawsuit.
selfpropelledcity.com /read.php?spcindex=10&spcsub=world&spcart=345   (559 words)

  
 Sun.Star Dumaguete - Group questions increase in pedicab permit
TWO associations of pedicab drivers and operators in Dumaguete City and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) declared Monday to contest the city ordinance imposing what they called an "exorbitant and oppressive" increase on their mayor's permit and franchise fees.
An estimated 2,500 motorcabs-for-hire, locally known as pedicabs and operated by more than 3,000 licensed drivers, a number of whom are irregulars, ply the streets of Dumaguete City.
Roving drivers and operators that composed the bulk of pedicab sector population was not informed about the then proposed ordinance and the subsequent hearings, Collado confirmed.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dum/2006/03/23/news/group.questions.increase.in.pedicab.permit.html   (825 words)

  
 the derek rose blog » Blog Archive » pedicab story
Driving a pedicab really is trickier than it looks until you get the hang of it.
If you’re used to riding a bicycle, you try to balance yourself … but obviously a pedicab is a tricycle, you’re not going to tip over, and you just manage to screw yourself up.
Pedicab drivers’ only real advantage was that we were far faster in crosstown traffic.
derekrose.com /wp/?p=762   (909 words)

  
 Operating a Pedicab Business - Finding Profitable Work
When a customer charters your pedicab, you agree to operate your pedicab for a fixed fee for a specified length of time, usually a few hours or perhaps a day or evening.
Even with a strong reputation and advertising, it is rare for a pedicab business to obtain a sufficient number of charters to operate a profitable business on charter income alone.
For this reason, nearly all pedicab businesses rely heavily on work where they are paid by the trip.
bikesatwork.com /cycling-for-profit/pedicab-business/finding-work.html   (501 words)

  
 Operating a Pedicab Business - Personal Characteristics
While we, like all pedicab manufacturers, would like to sell as many of them as possible, we're also aware that not everyone has the personal temperament to be a pedicab operator, nor is it possible to operate a profitable pedicab business in every community.
The guide is based on our experience operating a pedicab plus our conversations with other pedicab owners we've known, and is an expansion of the information in the chapter in our book on operating a pedicab.
While a well-designed pedicab with low gears will make this work much easier, it still doesn't eliminate the fact that pedicabbing can be long, physical work.
www.bikesatwork.com /cycling-for-profit/pedicab-business   (481 words)

  
 Dual Lens - Pedicab Driver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Pedicab Driver he is paired up against some of the finest fighters working in film, guys who never have the lead but always play characters like “head bodyguard” or “main thug”.
I first saw Pedicab Driver five or six years ago and since then this scene has stuck in my mind as the most amazing fight I’ve seen outside of a videogame.
pedicab driver is worth having for the mere 10min scene in the gambling house.
www.duallens.com /index.asp?reviewId=91402   (1172 words)

  
 pedicab operator rates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Pedicab permits are issued by the Harbor Police for pedicab operation on Port District public property.
All pedicab operators shall wear helmets at all times that the pedicab is in...
Pedicab operators must be eighteen years of age or older.
blogbot.info /pedicab-operator-rates   (1921 words)

  
 PediCab
The ZAP Pedicab is an all-new three-wheeled electric bicycle capable of carrying a rider and two passengers.
Each ZAP Pedicab is equipped with an onboard 120-volt charging system that will completely recharge the vehicle in less than three hours from any standard power outlet.
For-hire pedicabs can be found in many cities around the world, including several in the U.S. The ZAP Pedicab was developed with the support of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
www.fortunecity.com /business/loselane/1089/page14.html   (171 words)

  
 Pedicab Driver (1989)
An uneven action comedy, Pedicab Driver exemplifies the type of popular cinema that Hong Kong loved during the eighties.
Here's the plot: Sammo Hung and Max Mok play a pair of pedicab drivers (think rickshaws pulled by bicycles) who fall in love with respective females Nina Li and Fennie Yuen.
Pedicab Driver has rather typical romantic problems—a dreadful secret may prevent Max Mok and Fennie Yuen from finding happiness —but they're handled in an expectedly audience-satisfying manner.
www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews/pedicab_driver.htm   (441 words)

  
 TIME'S UP! :: Pedicabs in NYC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Pedicabs are a recent arrival in New York City.
Pedicabs operate like a taxi in that they take passengers for hire, though without the frenzy and pollution associated with motorized taxis.
Pedicab ride prices vary upon distance and number of passengers, but most rides are under $10.
www.times-up.org /pedicabs.php   (208 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Authorities aim to ban LV pedicab operations
Bill Jones makes an adjustment to his pedicab and pedals onto the Las Vegas Strip where he is swallowed by a sea of evening traffic.
Jim Huff, 29, president of Silver State Pedicabs, said a proposed county ordinance that would exile the pedicabs is wrongheaded.
He says his pedicabs won't jackknife, and they have nothing in common with some others, which are trailers hitched to bikes.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/gaming/2003/nov/13/515854432.html   (767 words)

  
 CNN.com - Pedicabs in Vegas? Maybe not for long - Nov. 14, 2003
Jones is one the scores of Las Vegas pedicab drivers who zip up and down the strip, making sure visitors don't have to waste their time in traffic congestion.
Jim Huff, 29, president of Silver State Pedicabs -- whose motto is "We Save Soles in Sin City" -- said a proposed county ordinance that would exile the pedicabs is wrongheaded.
Collecting fares for pedicab rides is illegal in Clark County, but most display a "not for hire" sign that allows them to skirt the law.
www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/11/14/vegas.pedicabs.ap   (643 words)

  
 Chariot Bikes - Pedicabs & rickshaws for hire in London Soho, pedicab taxi, pedicab, rickshaw ride, pedicab ...
These pedicabs turn more heads than a ‘Ferrari’, operate in the heart of London and will be remembered by all that have and will encounter them.
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 Pedicab biz rides to success - The Denver Business Journal:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
On a recent morning in March, a dozen or so yellow pedicabs lay ready for shipment to Spain in the small warehouse of Main Street Pedicabs Inc., a company that has championed pedicabs for more than a decade under the leadership of its owner and CEO, Steve Meyer.
Pedicabs are three-wheeled vehicles that are similar to the Asian rickshaw, with a pedaler up front and a seat that can hold two adults in back.
Pedicab operators make money partly from leasing their pedicabs to drivers and partly from advertising on the pedicabs.
www.bizjournals.com /denver/stories/2004/03/22/story8.html   (918 words)

  
 pedicab, pedicabs, pedi-cab, pedal taxis, rickshaw , riksha, adult trike, human powered vehicle, bike taxi, workbike, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Main Street Pedicab Brake Shim (1mm) to be used with Main Street Pedi-Cab rear brake systems.
Main Street Pedicab 1/4" hollow bleed screw which screws into the brass hydraulic brake fitting on the back of the active caliper.
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 Pedicab Restriction Petition
The San Diego City Council’s recent decision to restrict the access of pedicabs to the area around Petco Park during Padres baseball games and other special events is unfair and detrimental to people who are self employed as pedicab drivers.
Pedicabs are non-polluting, quiet, and due to their size and maneuverability can go places other vehicles may not be able to safely navigate.
Because of the pedicab’s unique qualities the feasibility of allowing special access to areas around Petco Park should be looked into by the San Diego City Council, as well as lifting the unfair restrictions imposed by you.
www.petitiononline.com /pedicab/petition.html   (203 words)

  
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Pedicabs were mentioned in the Houston Chronicle a few weeks ago in the article Dancing for fans is Dynamite. 
This is a good thing.  For starters, a pedicab ride is much cheaper (one-fourth the price of a horsy ride).
www.capitalpedicab.com   (264 words)

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