West End Rickshaws

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West End Bicycle Rickshaws

While in London earlier this month, noticed all the rickshaws too and don’t remember seeing them before. Today in The Economist, a story about how an unregulated industry has thrived.

Since the late 1990s the number of rickshaws in London has swelled. As they are unregulated, with no set fare or formal licensing structure, precise figures are hard to come by. The London Pedicab Operators Association, which represents 300 drivers, estimates that around 700 pedal the capital’s streets. Disgruntled taxi drivers suggest the figure is far higher.

It seems cab companies and traditional transportation businesses, have more to worry about than Uber and bike shares.

I wrote about our trip to London and the West End in Issue 17.

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