The New York City Council hopes to stop price-gouging by pedicab drivers by amending the pedicab law. RR weighs in on the potential effectiveness of the proposed legislation.

On Friday, February 18, City Council member & Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Dan Garodnick held a hearing on the first fifteen months of pedicab regulation, and on four pedicab-related bills he is introducing to the City Council. The four bills would: make pedicabs subject to the same parking rules as motor vehicles; create a pedicab… Continue Reading

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

…is a bit slow. Because the NYC DCA has issued approximately 900 pedicab registration plates, and only about 300 pedicab driver licenses, the pedicab-rental business is, shall we say, glacial. In the long term, it seems that the rule of law will encourage both natives and tourists of New York to accept pedicabs as a… Continue Reading