SACRAMENTO — San Diego pedicab operators may soon have to prove they can drive a car before they can tote tourists around the Gaslamp Quarter.
The Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation that would allow the City Council to require a driver’s license as a condition of pedicab permits.
The 62-3 vote sent the bill […]

http://impactnews.com/central-austin/news/9443-as-ut-football-begins-austin-anticipates-visitor-spending
The following is an excerpt from the article linked above.:
One of the most visible forms of transportation from games, and arguably one of the most convenient, is the fleet of pedicabs seen at nearly every street corner.
Nathan Lipson, owner of Metrocycle Pedicabs, said the entire football season could have a greater impact […]

http://shanghaiist.com/2010/07/29/tricycles_2.php
Shanghai sees reemergence of unlicensed pedicabs… and the cops trying to catch them
Unlicensed pedicabs, which for the longest time have been gone from our city, have been making quite a comeback recently. To combat this, police have issued a pedicab crackdown, which cumulated in them seizing 60 of these electric wagons in […]

http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2010-08-11/Statewide/TxDOT_Urges_Texans_to_Avoid_a_DWI_This_Summer.html
Aug, 11th, 2010

AUSTIN, TX — The Texas
Department of Transportation, police departments, and sheriff’s offices
across Texas are working together to reduce impaired driving this summer
and especially during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. TxDOT is
illustrating the choice between getting a sober ride or risking a DWI by
driving after drinking with an arresting image—unique vehicles that are
a police […]

August 14th -  KXAN News Austin.  This article has some interesting comments at the end:
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/pedicabs-could-have-stricter-enforcement
August 20th - Austin Business Journal:
http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/08/23/story1.html?b=1282536000^3824651
August 20th - KVUE news article with video:
http://www.kvue.com/news/City-of-Austin-considers-regulation-changes-to-the-citys-pedi-cabs-101203889.html
August 20th - News 8 Austin article with video:
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/273528/business-connection–city-considers-regulating-pedicabs–taxis