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	<title>Austin Pedicab Alliance</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pedaling into problems</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/18/pedaling-into-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article is found at the Daily Astorian website.  You can see the full article here:
http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&#38;SubSectionID=398&#38;ArticleID=53478&#38;TM=10466.14 
Pedaling into problems
Insurance costs and other hassles keep business owner from transporting via bike






By KARA HANSEN
The Daily Astorian
Kris Daehler had set the wheels in motion for a new form of transit in Astoria.
With a city permit in hand, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle: Cascadia Cabs owner says pedicab not cause of fatal crash</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/15/seattle-cascadia-cabs-owner-says-pedicab-not-cause-of-fatal-crash/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/15/seattle-cascadia-cabs-owner-says-pedicab-not-cause-of-fatal-crash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Hashagen appears to be contradicting himself again.  He claims in the following article that the pedicab that Peter Dzioba was killed in was operating properly at the time of the accident.  He also states the his pedicab drivers were not allowed to go down steep hills.
If Cascadia&#8217;s pedicab was up to the task of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cascadia riders say &#8220;poor management is to blame&#8221; in the death of Peter Dzioba</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/14/cascadia-riders-say-poor-management-is-to-blame-in-the-death-of-peter-dzioba/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/14/cascadia-riders-say-poor-management-is-to-blame-in-the-death-of-peter-dzioba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle: anonymous riders speak out about poor business practices</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/seattle-anonymous-riders-speak-out-about-poor-business-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/seattle-anonymous-riders-speak-out-about-poor-business-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More &#8220;Googling&#8221; has lead me to comments posted on the seattlepi.com website.  The article and its comments can be found here:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle911/archives/145457.asp 

Posted by unregistered user at 8/8/08 1:40 p.m.
Ex-Pedicab driver-
Cascadia cabs don&#8217;t prohibit or warn you of which hills to stay away from. Instead they incourage you to go where the customer requests and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Julie Perry talks about the Seattle pedicab accident</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/julie-perry-talks-about-the-seattle-pedicab-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/julie-perry-talks-about-the-seattle-pedicab-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law firm is positioning itself for the Seattle accident</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/law-firms-is-positioning-itself-for-the-seattle-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/law-firms-is-positioning-itself-for-the-seattle-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a snip of an article taken from the Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog website.  The entire article can be seen at the link below:
http://www.seattlecaraccidentlawyerblog.com/2008/08/seattle_pedicab_accident_kills_1.html
This does not bode well.

     Seattle pedicab accident kills tourist
Posted On:      August  8, 2008
&#60;&#8230;Snip&#62;
The cause of the accident is being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance industry already talking about Seattle accident</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/insurance-industry-already-talking-about-seattle-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/12/insurance-industry-already-talking-about-seattle-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This article taken from the Insurance Journal website.  I am worried that insurance rates for pedicab companies will increase to the point of putting our industry out of business.
The article shifts blame away from the company for possibly operating equipment ill suited to the Seattle terrain, and toward the pedicab driver.  It looks like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle: &#8220;I have been begging them to put front brakes on their cabs&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/11/seattle-i-have-been-begging-them-to-put-front-brakes-on-their-cabs/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/11/seattle-i-have-been-begging-them-to-put-front-brakes-on-their-cabs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[These comments were found at an article on bikeportland.org talking about the Seattle accident and the fact that the same company is operating in Portland:
http://bikeportland.org/2008/08/07/fatal-pedicab-crash-in-seattle-cab-company-operates-large-portland-fleet/
BS
August 7th, 2008 15:00
I operate a cab for cascadia, and most of the Chinese cabs they run dont have a backup brake, just the band brake, which can be operated with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Peter Dzioba, victim of Seattle pedicab accident</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/11/about-peter-dzioba-victim-of-seattle-pedicab-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/11/about-peter-dzioba-victim-of-seattle-pedicab-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article about Peter Dzioba, the man killed in the Seattle pedicab accident.  This tragedy has devastated his community and family.   
Peter Dzioba, Jeff Uribe, and Julie Perry, are all victims of pedicab accidents that could have been avoided.  Proper training, ensuring that best practices are followed, and ensuring that the equipment used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle: Pedicab Owner - &#8220;Drivers are not allowed to go down steep hills.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/08/seattle-pedicab-owner-drivers-are-not-allowed-to-go-down-steep-hills/</link>
		<comments>http://austinpedicab.org/2008/08/08/seattle-pedicab-owner-drivers-are-not-allowed-to-go-down-steep-hills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Cameron</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Ryan Hashagen is quoted by reporters, talking about his safety procedures and instructions that he gives his drivers in the story below:
 &#8221;Anniversary pedicab Ride turns fatal: Was hill too steep?&#8221;
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008099193_pedicab08m.html 
Even though he isn&#8217;t required by Seattle officials to have liability insurance, Hashagen says his fleet is insured. He said drivers — who operate as [...]]]></description>
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