Most prospective pedicab passengers (tourists + locals) don’t know: That pedicab owners must hold DCA-issued business licenses. That pedicab drivers must hold DCA-issued pedicab driver licenses. That pedicabs must carry DCA-issued registration stickers (equivalent to DMV-issued motor vehicle license plates). In order to obtain up-to-date registration stickers, pedicabs must pass annual inspection by city officials,… Continue Reading
The NYPD shut the main conduit for pedicabs to the NYC Marathon finish line today at around 3:45pm due to excessive crowding of pedicabs and related congestion. I was told the area would open back up to pedicabs around 5pm by the officer stationed at Columbus Circle near Broadway and 60th Street. After scooting all… Continue Reading
This past September 25th, Revolution was pleased to spread the giant-trike love by hosting a challenge for New York City City Chase – an urban adventure race that’s “part obstacle course, part scavenger hunt.” The scavenger hunt part is sniffing out the locations of the various challenges; the obstacle course part is completing them. The… Continue Reading
Last Friday, when I was out pedicabbing, I encountered a semi-desperate taxi seeker, burdened with a large portfolio, on 6th Avenue in the low 20s. He needed to go to 48th & 9th. I said I’d take him there. He said, “No, you guys all charge like $5 a block! I can’t afford it.” I… Continue Reading