Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedicabs

Do Pedicabs Belong in Bike Lanes?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2009 | 33 Comments

A pedicab (sort of) makes use of the Broadway bike lane. Photo: Brad Aaron Last week’s collision between a pedicab and a yellow taxi in Brooklyn was followed by a renewed, or at least better publicized, interest from Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council in enforcing long-awaited pedicab industry standards. The rules, initiated by pedicab […]

For the Best in Transportainment, Try a Pedicab

By Brad Aaron | Nov 8, 2007 | 8 Comments

This week’s Time Out New York offers advice on the best ways to navigate the city (all of them sans private automobile). In addition to tips on cheating the MTA out of a subway fare and knowing when the bus is better, TONY explains that pedicabs aren’t just for tourists. “I’ll get you anywhere […]

Pedicab Law Put on Hold

By Brad Aaron | Sep 26, 2007 | 9 Comments

Attorneys representing the pedicab industry have succeeded in getting a temporary reprieve from restrictions adopted by the City Council earlier this year, including a cap on the allowed number of operators and a ban on electrically-assisted rigs, until their lawsuit against the city can be heard in court. From a September 19 Public Advocacy Group […]

Pedicabs Protest New Regulations

By Jason Varone | Aug 16, 2007 | 9 Comments

Pedicabs took to the streets yesterday to protest the City’s new regulations on New York’s greenest for-hire transportation industry. In a press release, The Green Transport Association says that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn "dealt pedicabs a crushing blow capping our number at 325 city-wide" — a reported 35 percent reduction in the pedicab workforce: Pedicabs are […]

Council Overrides Pedicab Veto

By Brad Aaron | Apr 23, 2007 | 17 Comments

NY1 is reporting that the City Council has voted to override Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of its pedicab bill. The pedicab bill caps the number of cabs at 325 and also adds new safety and insurance requirements. The mayor vetoed the bill after meeting with pedicab drivers who were concerned about losing their jobs.

Will City Council Override Mayor’s Pedicab-Bill Veto?

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 23, 2007 | 2 Comments

Anticipating a vote in the City Council this afternoon to override the mayor’s veto of Intro 331-A, a bill to regulate pedicabs, a group of pedicab operators was demonstrating outside the American Museum of Natural History after Bloomberg’s big Earth Day speech. Handing out leaflets with the numbers of swing councilmembers like Daniel Garodnick, the […]

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