Posts Tagged ‘pedicab’

This last week, the Austin Chronicle published a story about a recent sharp uptick in citations to pedicabbers downtown for various seemingly minor infractions such as cuing up outside of the “designated areas.” Since regulations on pedicabs have come along in an organic fashion and can be wildly different from each company depending on how [...]

If you’ve been around downtown in the evenings or at most major events in this town, you know how awesome pedicabs are. The Discovery Channels’ Planet Green recently showed how well a pedicab does against a motorized taxi in Manhattan. Closer to home, the Austin Pedicab Alliance recently posted a documentary about our local pedicab [...]

I came across this video at Urban Velo, and while I understand virtually none of it, it’s still awesome. A covered recumbent pedicab? We should be so lucky.

The seller seems to be in Dallas, but if you just gotta get your own personal pedicab to give all your friends rides in, fork over $700 and this baby could be yours! Not every day you see a pedicab for sale hiding amongst all the ads for “vintage” Huffys. Is this thing up to [...]

Paul Dorn of the Bike Commute Tips Blog has written a completely fantastic column about experiencing the world as a cyclist versus being in a car, focusing on that great biking town Davis, California. Pretty much representative of its industry, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show says they are “holding firm” in this rough economy. [...]

Earlier this week, we reported on how the Secret Service has banned bikes from the Obama Inauguration festivities as ”items determined to be a potential safety hazard.” While this is a slap in the face to cyclists, all is not lost. Washcycle, a Washington D.C. cycling blog, posted a story today with video of D.C. Mayor [...]

With New Years Day falling on Thursday, we’ll be doing the events round up a day early today. I neglected to mention the First Night Austin festivities last week, so be sure to bike downtown and check them out if you’ve never been. Thanks again to ATXBS for help with the calendar.  Wednesday, December 31 [...]

Saw this at the Austin Pedicab Alliance blog. A documentary about pedicabers? Sounds pretty good to me. Check it out at their site, and look for more coming soon.