A taste of Portland in the Big Apple
Go by pedicab! There were two adults and two kids piled into the back, and this gentleman got us where we were going, in midtown Manhattan:
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Comments (9)
NYC in July....
How's the yoomidity?
Posted by Mike H | July 14, 2010 3:40 PM
That driver looks a little chunkier than I would expect for a guy who makes his living pedaling people around Manhattan. I guess all those street-cart hot dogs and knishes add up. . .
Posted by Eric | July 14, 2010 3:46 PM
most of those babies have electric assist motors on them.
so do many of the cargo delivery bikes.
it makes perfect sense.
as for tne NYC-Portland thing.. i recall seeing them in NYC before PO.
Posted by Joe Adamskli | July 14, 2010 8:13 PM
I was at Waterfront Park when a pedicab passed me. A couple of guys asked the driver, "Do you take debit cards" and he said, "I take debit cards to the ATM."
(Did you have to pay cash for your fare and how far did you ride? That looks like a lot of traffic in front of you.)
Posted by none | July 15, 2010 12:23 AM
How was the AC?
Posted by Abe | July 15, 2010 6:27 AM
Wow, that would solve so many problems--unemployment by hiring drivers, carbon emissions by fewer buses on the road, trying to drive down Hawthorne when the bus it taking the middle of both lanes; plus it's way cooler than a train or streetcar! Let's get Sam right on that!
Posted by Michelle | July 15, 2010 7:20 AM
Michelle ... seriously.. it's not cool and it actually solves problems.... kiddie hall will not be interested.
Posted by LucsAdvo | July 15, 2010 10:24 AM
Many years ago China banned the rickshaw as a symbol of colonialist oppression and as an inhumane form of slavery for the drivers. Now the cyclist clique want to bring them to America.
Posted by Dean | July 15, 2010 12:08 PM
They're here, and eager to be of service.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 15, 2010 4:35 PM