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jabailo
Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 1273 Location: Kent (East Hill), WA
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: Rickshaw Revolution |
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One thing that bothers me in our search for alternatives is the drive to extremes. It either has to be make everything "vehicle free", or build a SkyCar system that we don't have the technology to implement.
How about keeping things roughly the same and admitting our need for personal transportation, but making it all lighter and softer.
Enter the rickshaw:
http://www.manhattanrickshaw.com/
Since so many of us are one person commuters, why not admit that, but instead of hauling a metal sheathe of car weighing 2 tons around with us, how about popping into a lightweight efficient rickshaw for shopping around town.
Here's some more:
http://www.pedicab.com/about.html |
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