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

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

At eleven last night I got a mysterious text message from a Minnesota area code (huh? what?) asking if I was watching the NYC pedicab episode of The Apprentice. No, I wasn’t. I don’t have a TV (or even an Internet connection at home). However,  by googling this morning, I got the rundown: The team… Continue Reading