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September 21, 2007

Information Sought In Pedicab Hit-And-Run

Article taken from:
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7110531&nav=0s3d

Information Sought In Pedicab Hit-And-Run
Sep 21, 2007 02:40 PM

A pedicab worker injured in a hit-and-run is asking the public to help find the driver who hit him.

Investigators said a dark sports car rear-ended his cart on the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge on Aug. 24. One of his passengers was unconscious for […]

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Injured Pedi-Cab Driver Works With Police to Find Runaway Driver

Article taken from:
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4415263&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Injured Pedi-Cab Driver Works With Police to Find Runaway Driver
Created: Thursday, 20 Sep 2007, 5:24 PM CDT
AUSTIN — An Austin pedicab driver who was hit by a car is working with Austin Police to find the driver.
The driver and two passengers were injured in the crash that knocked the bike taxi […]

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Phone number to call with information.

Article taken from:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/09/21/0921roundup.html

Help sought in pedicab wreck
Austin police are asking for the public’s help in finding the person who was driving a black sports car they say collided with a pedicab on the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge last month, leaving one man critically injured.
Also, Red Bull North America, which was hosting an event in […]

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September 20, 2007

Cowboy fellowship prayer request for Jeff Uribe:

I have been doing a google search on “Jeff Uribe”. I found the following.
-Ken Cameron
http://www.cowboyfellowship.org/cowboyfellowship/prayer_board/?msgbrd=1&topic=525

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Austin: Pedicab Driver Appeals to Hit-and-Run Driver

Article taken from:
http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=75429

Pedicab Driver Appeals to Hit-and-Run Driver
9/20/2007
Newsroom
The driver of a pedicab injured in a hit-and-run accident on the south end of the Congress Avenue Bridge last month makes an appeal for the driver of the car that hit him to come forward. Russell Stinnett (STIN-ut) was taking two passengers to a hotel when […]

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Austin Pedicab Community Benefit for the Uribe Family

Article taken from:
http://www.capitalpedicab.com/?p=26

Austin Pedicab Community Benefit for the Uribe Family.

September 11, 2007 @ 9:50 pm

Thursday September the 13th, the entire Austin pedicab community will we working for the benefit of the family of Jeff Uribe. Mr. Uribe is the passenger who was seriously injured in the recent hit-and-run accident on the Ann Richards Congress Bridge. […]

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Austin: Injured pedicab driver pleads for help

Article taken from:
http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/092007kvuepedicab-cb.f2f73306.html

Injured pedicab driver pleads for help
06:31 PM CDT on Thursday, September 20, 2007
By ERIN OCHOA
KVUE News
The driver of a pedicab that was struck by a car is pleading for the public’s help. He wants to find the person or persons responsible for hitting his pedicab late last month, injuring him and his two […]

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Austin: Jeff Uribe is at a rehabilitation center

Article taken from:
http://keyetv.com/local/local_story_260225610.html
Sep 17, 2007 9:54 pm US/Central
Pedicab Passenger Injured In Crash In Rehab Center
(CBS 42) AUSTIN A pedicab passenger hurt in a crash late last month is finally out of the hospital.
Jeff Uribe is at a rehabilitation center.
On Aug. 24, a car hit the pedicab, knocking the driver, Uribe and another passenger onto the […]

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NYC: Pedicab owners sue city over ownership rules.

Article taken from :
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–pedicablawsuit0919sep19,0,7753014.story
Pedicab owners sue city over ownership rules
9:07 PM EDT, September 19, 2007
NEW YORK - Pedicab owners sued the city and one of its agencies Wednesday, complaining that new rules will let pedal-come-lately types destroy their businesses.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court, claims the Department of Consumer Affairs was unlawfully […]

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NYC: Pedicab rules on hold

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/09/20/2007-09-20_city_briefs.html
Thursday, September 20th 2007
Pedicab rules on hold
Regulations on the pedicab industry came to a screeching halt yesterday when the city agreed to suspend the new rules until a court can decide if they are legitimate.
The Pedicab Owners Association is suing the city over sweeping new regulations that were to take effect today, arguing that […]

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NYC: Law Suspension Aids Pedicab Drivers

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http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/85867
Law Suspension Aids Pedicab Drivers
by Jenna Flanagan
NEW YORK, NY September 20, 2007 —The city’s roughly 600 pedicab drivers can still pedal their fares around town. The city has decided to suspend the implementation of new regulations that drivers insisted would cripple their business. WNYC’s Jenna Flanagan has more.
The new regulations, which were set to […]

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September 10, 2007

Pedal Pusher: Amesbury teen runs Newburyport Pedicab for charity

Story taken from:
http://www.townonline.com/amesbury/homepage/x1359808015
Thu Aug 23, 2007, 12:48 PM EDT
Amesbury -
Blake Harris, lifelong resident of Amesbury, sits in the waterfront office of Newburyport Pedicab, the nonprofit business he co-owns with Newburyport’s Kevin Murphy. Harris is at the desk, fielding calls and talking via radio to the company’s drivers out in the field — he is responsible […]

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Pedicab business serving OU football games in Norman, OK

The following story taken from this link:
http://newsok.com/article/3115122/1188593649
Sat September 1, 2007
OU fans can hitch a ride to stadium
By James S. Tyree
Staff Writer
NORMAN — What started as a college student’s idea for a business has morphed into comfort and convenience for University of Oklahoma football fans.
Brickshaw Buggy is returning to Norman for football season, starting with tonight’s […]

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LA Transportation department slows down pedicab business.

Story taken from the folowing link:
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2007/09/10/news/news_briefs/at02.txt
Monday, September 10, 2007
Transportation Department Halts Downtown Pedicab
The Los Angeles Downtown News recently reported on a new pedicab business launched by Eric Green, who had been seen riding through Downtown on his two-seat rickshaw-like conveyance that ferried tourists and locals across the area. Two weeks ago, however, officials from the […]

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September 7, 2007

Yet another report on the on Congress bridge Pedicab accident

The following report taken from:
http://keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_236163411.html
Aug 24, 2007 3:29 pm US/Central
Passenger Hospitalized After Pedicab Collision
(CBS 42) AUSTIN One person was seriously injured after an early morning collision on Congress Ave.
The driver of a small sports car struck a pedicab carrying two passengers at 89 Congress Ave. at 1:26 a.m. Friday.
The two driver and passengers of […]

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