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 […]

It seems that pedicab drivers in central park have poisoned their own well. Between the conflicts they have had with the Hansom cab drivers, and getting in the way of pedestrians and other park path users, they have made themselves very unpopular. Maybe they could lobby with the park police to get cabs […]

It’s a sad day when a pedicab driver gets thrown in jail while on the job. I wish I knew more about what is going on in NYC.
The video makes it look like a crazy mob scene.  I don’t think the arrested pedicabber’s friends were doing him any favors by yelling at the police.  […]

 After following some of the comments that have appeared on this blog and reading the postings at the yahoo pedicab group I have come to the following conclusions:
 

Pedicabs operate in a very small arena, not so much as a pond, but a bathtub.
If our regulating authorities want to shut us down, they can do so […]

Hey guys,
We are an intense group at times.  I have personally have to moderate my own opinion and delete my own rants when I go so far as to write something that is outside of the stated goals of this site:
“This website is intended to provide news and information to Austin pedicab drivers, City of […]

The Following article is taken from the Austin Chronicle Website.  Please see the full article here:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:681437
Making It, Weirdly
DIY pedicab hits the street
BY LAUREL CHESKY
 

Luke Iseman and his newly approved pedicab
Photo by Jana Birchum
Projects in various […]

 
Mainstreet Pedicab as used by Capital Pedicab, Dikes on Bikes, and others.

Cycles Maximus as used by Roadkill Pedicab, and Tricyclo Pedicab.

Pedatek Pedicab as used by Metrocycle Cab Company.

Trailer pedicab manufactured by local professional welding shop.  This cab is in use by Heart of Texas Pedicab.

Bottom of a Mainstreet classic.

Bottom of Heart of Texas Pedicab.

Frame detail […]

I have been sitting on the fence about Luke Isman’s pedicab.  I did not really want to become involved with the brew-ha-ha that was going on especially after I immersed myself in the Seattle accident that resulted in the death of Peter Dzioba.  I had blogged enough about pedicab controversies for a while.

I am just […]

Former and current pedicab riders working for Cascadia Cabs in Seattle, Washington have spoken out about the poor business practices, shoddy equipment, and lack of training that ultimately lead to the death of Peter Dzioba and hospitalization of Mary Dzioba on the 25 anniversary of their wedding.  Coworkers of the pedicab driver, who was also […]

While hunting through all of the Google to find out more about the Seattle pedicab accident I came across the a very thoughtful Digg comment that Julie Perry put up.
Julie was injured in Fort Lauderdale Florida while she was a passenger on a pedicab.  They were crossing an arched bridge and struck from behind by […]