See the yellow oval bikon (new word, freshly coined, short for “bike icon”!) on the motor weapon’s rear panel? It’s a schematic drawing of the Long Haul cargo bike, manufactured by Human Powered Machines in Eugene, Oregon. The company deploying the motor weapon is Checker Courier, based on East 11th Street. From looking at their… Continue Reading
Thanks to the gobs of people descending on Manhattan for the parade, St. Patrick’s Day tends to be a bonanza for pedicab drivers. Huge crowds + too few yellow cabs + intensive revelry = lots of rides and, with luck, big tips. Even I – dilettante pedicabbie that I am – plied the streets for… Continue Reading
RR is pleased that private chef Carlin Greenstein had a great experience using rickshaw transport to run birthday-party goodies for 50 kids over to Central Park’s Swedish Cottage. Motor weapons can’t access the cottage on weekends, so delivery by rickshaw was the perfect solution! In other news, RR is once again making deliveries for The… Continue Reading
How’s that going? RR received (from a fellow NYCPOA member) this photo of a sign posted at a pedicab stand in Central Park. I have a map showing locations of eight pedicab stands scattered throughout the park, from east to west, between 59th and 77th Streets. The top of my map is cut off –… Continue Reading