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 […]

I was contacted by Alex Jacobs of Badger Pedicab located in Madison, Wisconsin.  He asked for help notifying others in the pedicab community that his RED Organic Engines pedicab was stolen.
Alex Jacobs can be contacted in the following ways:
Phone: 1-608-320-0696

Tom Sachs of New York City has created a fully weaponized waffle making bike.  I think the two passengers are not as comfortable as they could be.  I doubt that configuring this device as a trike would make any one more comfortable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-aKtmAfeRg

http://www.kvue.com/news/green/stories/081709kvue_golf_cart_guy-cb.ed7c9831.html
I am hoping that the next time around that Chris Nielsen will not put the cart before the horse.  I’d like to see him get permission for his drivers to accept paying fares before he puts his golf carts back on the street and expects his drivers to pay him rent on the vehicles.  Unfortunatly […]

The following information was found at the City of San Diego’s website here:
http://dockets.sandiego.gov/sirepub/agdocs.aspx?doctype=agenda&itemid=28256
The complete report and ordinance changes can be found in the follow .pdf document. (It’s very large and long 4.6mb)
Amendments to San Diego pedicab regulation ordinance 7-28-2009
The City of San Diego gave the following summery to describe the changes in the pedicab […]

The following story can be found in its origional context here:
http://www.thelondondailynews.com/black-cabbie-talk-c-23_141.html?osCsid=8ke5i6oqjp7pvajdfbbcnqtqj0
By John Kennedy
We have made it to the summer recess of parliament and at this moment in time the London Local authorities and Transport for London (no.2) Bill hasn’t received a third reading in the House of Lords and therefore it passage has been slowed […]

The following story can be found in it’s origional context here:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/29/city-council-puts-brakes-pedicabs/?metro&zIndex=140046

San Diego City Council puts brakes on pedicabs
Each must have a new ID number assigned by city
By Helen Gao
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. July 29, 2009
The recent death of a tourist on a pedicab ride spurred the San Diego City Council yesterday to boost regulations […]

There has been an xenophobic tone to this thread. This is sad in a progressive place with a long history of immigration like San Diego. That being said plenty of Americans do this job in Austin, Texas. For the past two years I have been one of them. They have been two […]

 In researching the federal, and state laws governing golf carts I came across, and then skimmed over a study published by the National Highway Transportation Safety Association on golf carts, low speed vehicles and seat belts.  Unfortunatly, I misunderstood it’s conclusions.  Namely that golf carts that typically travel at a speed of 12 miles per […]

The following article taken from:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/22/pedicab-regulation-safety-opinions-columnists-epstein.html
The Libertarian
Pedicab Regulation
Richard A. Epstein, 06.23.09, 12:00 AM EDT
Does public safety take a back seat to government monopoly?

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The Following article taken from:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/06/san-diego-8212-police-are-investigating/
Pedicab fatality under investigation
By Karen Kucher
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:24 p.m. July 6, 2009
SAN DIEGO — Police are investigating a 23-year-old pedicab driver for possible misdemeanor manslaughter charges after he rode in an erratic manner and a woman fell from the pedicab, according to a police spokeswoman.
The 60-year-old retired teacher has since been […]

The following article is take from the New York Times website and can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/nyregion/11pedicab.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

A witnesses said the pedicab had just crossed the Williamsburg Bridge and was “coming off the bridge fast” when it hit a taxi.

By AL BAKER and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Published: June 10, 2009
A pedicab driver crashed into a yellow […]

BROOKLYN PEDICAB ACCIDENT INJURES TWO PEOPLE
Pedicab Collides With Taxi, Two Seriously Injured
Pedicab driver critical after taxi collision
Pedicab collides with taxi near NYC bridge
Brooklyn Carnage: Pedestrian Killed, Pedicabbie and Passengers Injured
2 Hurt in Pedicab Crash Near Williamsburg Bridge
The following article has some video and interviews pedicab operators and a person representing the NYC Pedicab Owners Association:
Pedicab […]

Los Angeles’s Transportation Department is considering rules to allow pedicabs to operate.  Unfortunatly they are considering the reququiring that passengers wear helmets and seat belts.
More on this can be found here:
http://blogdowntown.com/2009/06/4403-pedicabs-coming-downtown-new-rules-headed
The following is my response to these proposed rules:
Studies have shown that cars pass bicyclists with less room to spare when the cyclist […]

 Having been on the road working pedicab events in Washington DC, and Tampa, FL. I have seen how local regulations, physical environment, and patron familiarity can make being a professional pedicab driver very difficult.
In Washington DC, there are no regulations in place to govern the local pedicab industry.  There are also dozens of different Automobile […]