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Pols Seek to Keep Limit on City’s Pedicabs
By Jill Colvin

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Local pols could keep a cap on the number of pedicabs on city streets under new legislation set to be debated Wednesday.
The bill, introduced by City Councilman Dan Garodnick, who represents the East Side, would prevent the current […]

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

The following  was taken from the NYC city council website and can be found here:
http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=452683&GUID=82826507-4706-4F0E-BBAE-D02BE21852BC&Search=&Options=
Int. No. 1031-A
By the Speaker (Council Member Quinn) and Council Members Garodnick, Jackson, Gennaro, Koppell, Lappin, Recchia Jr., Stewart, Vallone Jr., White Jr., Gerson, Nelson and Mitchell

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, […]

This press release can be found here:
http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?M=F&ID=682819&GUID=948E9442-74BD-45BD-9FDF-AA038DC6E12F
PEDICAB LICENSING LEGISLATION
To improve transportation safety and reduce congestion, especially in the Midtown area where
hundreds of pedicabs operate without any regulations or safety measures, the Council will vote on legislation to regulate and license pedicabs.
“Those who have been to Times Square or Midtown lately know that pedicabs have become […]

It has been a long fight, but it finally seems like pedicab owners and operators are going to get the regulations they have been lobbying for for years.  Way to fight the good fight guys!
The following story was published at the following wesite in it’s origional context:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/council-adopts-overhaul-of-pedicab-regulation/
 
Council Adopts Pedicab Rules
By Simon Akam
As expected, the City […]

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 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 […]

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.  […]

The New York Post has a hilarious article about a dancer that rides a pedicab equiped with a 8 foot tall “stripper pole”.

Check it out here:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11232008/news/regionalnews/go__go__go_dancer_140297.htm
full text below:
GO, GO, GO DANCER WHEELY RISQUé RIDE TURNS ON CITY STREETS
By CYNTHIA R. FAGEN
Last updated: 1:25 am
November 23, 2008
Posted: 12:45 am
November 23, 2008
Call him the flesh pedaler.
Biker Andrew […]