You’ve just been taken for a ride… in more ways than one by a pedicab operator in Manhattan. You’re angry. You feel helpless. You feel assaulted. You feel robbed. Well, those feelings are all legitimate and true. The operator just illegally extorted cash from you. Unfortunately, the City of New York maintains conditions in which… Continue Reading
We’ve collaborated once again with Guayaki to power their trike program here in NYC. They’re rolling on two street-legal electric motor assist trikes in town from Revolution to facilitate product distribution. Look for them again starting late May in the streets, as they completed their first activation last week. They’re bound to give you a… Continue Reading
In the last few years, short-term home rental sites like Airbnb and VRBO have become an alternative to hotels for many travelers. Despite the competition, hotels still have an edge, especially in New York City; after all, who really wants to stay in a postage-stamp apartment with the fridge in their living room while on vacation?… Continue Reading
Apparently, it had to be this way. In the cold, relatively quiet January streets of Manhattan, few cyclecabs aka pedicabs and horse-driven carriages are found operating. Out of season as it were, the live drive (i.e., power derived primarily or exclusively by the living as opposed to petroleum) transport practitioners still at it struggle to… Continue Reading