Comments on: Rickshaw revival http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Reincarnation http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39430 Reincarnation Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:44:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39430 <blockquote>If all city cabs could be replaced by rickshaws that would really help the NYC air quality.</blockquote> <p>Rickshaws running on LPG, the way to go.</p> If all city cabs could be replaced by rickshaws that would really help the NYC air quality.

Rickshaws running on LPG, the way to go.

]]> By: Zoraster http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39426 Zoraster Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:29:02 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39426 <p>If all city cabs could be replaced by rickshaws that would really help the NYC air quality.</p> If all city cabs could be replaced by rickshaws that would really help the NYC air quality.

]]> By: Reincarnation http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39423 Reincarnation Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:05:09 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39423 <p>I hope the rickshaw in above pic is motor-powered somehow. I, for one, would not want someone like <a href="http://www.nba.com/playerfile/shaquille_oneal/" target=_blank>Shaq</a> for a passenger if I'm going to have to cycle them around.</p> I hope the rickshaw in above pic is motor-powered somehow. I, for one, would not want someone like Shaq for a passenger if I’m going to have to cycle them around.

]]> By: Gurpreet Malik http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39411 Gurpreet Malik Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:22:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39411 <p>I spotted some rickshaws in downtown San Diego this weekend too...</p> I spotted some rickshaws in downtown San Diego this weekend too…

]]> By: Bong Breaker http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39405 Bong Breaker Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:18:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39405 <p>Sai Baba devotee friends proudly tell me that the first rickshaws to hit London (they've been here for maybe a decade now) were the brainchild of an Italian Sai devotee. I think the ones they mean are the Bug Bug rickshaws which seem a bit smaller than this yellow one. And yup Fuerza, they're a rip off all over the Western world.</p> <p>I've written this exact post before haven't I? What a one trick pony.</p> Sai Baba devotee friends proudly tell me that the first rickshaws to hit London (they’ve been here for maybe a decade now) were the brainchild of an Italian Sai devotee. I think the ones they mean are the Bug Bug rickshaws which seem a bit smaller than this yellow one. And yup Fuerza, they’re a rip off all over the Western world.

I’ve written this exact post before haven’t I? What a one trick pony.

]]> By: Fuerza Dulce http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39393 Fuerza Dulce Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:00:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39393 <p>They've had richshaws in NYC for awhile now - I remember a few years back I was on my way to see my boyfriend at the time and couldn't catch a cab. This rickshaw driver came up to me and offered me a lift. When I asked him how much, he said "Ten dollars." I'm like, "Dude, when I find a cab, it won't even be five bucks where I'm going." And said, "Well, you know, it's something different." And I said, "Bro, not where I'm from. And if I <em>were</em> catching a rickshaw ride where I'm from, you can best believe it wouldn't be costing me ten dollars."</p> <p>Shooooot.</p> They’ve had richshaws in NYC for awhile now – I remember a few years back I was on my way to see my boyfriend at the time and couldn’t catch a cab. This rickshaw driver came up to me and offered me a lift. When I asked him how much, he said “Ten dollars.” I’m like, “Dude, when I find a cab, it won’t even be five bucks where I’m going.” And said, “Well, you know, it’s something different.” And I said, “Bro, not where I’m from. And if I were catching a rickshaw ride where I’m from, you can best believe it wouldn’t be costing me ten dollars.”

Shooooot.

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39388 Ennis Thu, 22 Dec 2005 06:35:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39388 <p>Yup - it's for real. I noticed one out by Central Park West today, with 3 passengers crammed into the back. I didn't tell them that the 4 people to a vehicle rule probably doesn't apply to human powered 3-wheelers.</p> Yup – it’s for real. I noticed one out by Central Park West today, with 3 passengers crammed into the back. I didn’t tell them that the 4 people to a vehicle rule probably doesn’t apply to human powered 3-wheelers.

]]> By: Guru Gulab Khatri http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39375 Guru Gulab Khatri Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:04:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39375 <p>Is the rickshaw service for real! Its so sienfeldian.</p> Is the rickshaw service for real! Its so sienfeldian.

]]> By: razib_the_atheist http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39370 razib_the_atheist Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:36:01 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39370 <p>the chick in the background looks cute.</p> the chick in the background looks cute.

]]> By: bikepath http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/21/alternative_tra/comment-page-1/#comment-39368 bikepath Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:08:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2772#comment-39368 <p>Forget the Segways. <a href="http://www.transalt.org/bikethestrike/">Bike the Strike!</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.transalt.org/bikethestrike/">www.transalt.org/bikethestrike/</a></p> Forget the Segways. Bike the Strike!

http://www.transalt.org/bikethestrike/

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