Sentences with word «pedicab»

A pedicab is a bicycle with a small carriage attached to it, which is used to transport people for a fee. Full definition
The plan has garnered quite a bit of opposition — from skeptical lawmakers, from the park's administrator and also from pedicab drivers.
In a fight that is fracturing labor groups, the umbrella New York City Central Labor Council has decided to team up with one member union against another in an effort to stymie Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to limit the operation of pedicabs in Central Park.
De Blasio's plan to ban pedicabs from Central Park below 85th Street will put the final nail in the coffin of an industry loathed by most New Yorkers, advocates and drivers said.
Others mocked Mayor's Office of Operations Director Mindy Tarlow for being unable to answer basic questions about the impact the plan would have on the carriage and pedicab industries, or on the potential loss of public parkland.
The compromise constructed by de Blasio, some City Council members, and the Teamsters — who represent drivers — also calls for the eviction of pedicabs from the south end of Central Park.
That pits the Council against Teamsters Joint Council 16, which represents the horse - carriage drivers and is supporting the de Blasio plan, which not only calls for shrinking the horse carriage industry and moving it to Central Park, but also banning pedicabs from the park's southern, tourist - heavy precincts.
It is accessible by pedicabs from any part of the city proper.
We had our own «girl's day out» in the city, she Instagramed some of our adventures like this crazy pedicab ride down the middle of Broadway.
It would also thin the herd from 220 horses to just 95, eliminate 40 to 50 driver jobs, spend $ 25 million converting a maintenance shed into a new set of stalls and eliminate competition by restricting pedicabs to the area north of 85th Street in the park.
Daily News reporter Christina Boyle negotiates with driver and takes pedicab to Times Square from Columbus Circle on Wednesday, November, 28 2012...
«They care about pedicabs and TWU,» said one member who received a call from the Central Labor Council and remains undecided on the horse proposal.
As part of a deal announced two weeks ago, the de Blasio administration said it will decrease and confine the horse carriage industry to Central Park; build a stable to house the horses there; and banish pedicab drivers to the northern end of the park, above the 85th Street Transverse.
Unfortunately, I missed the wedding ceremony for success couple Sheri and Rob at eHarmony's headquarters in Pasadena due to a last minute trip to New York, but luckily I met up with the newlyweds during the online dating site's pedicab parade in Manhattan.
But city officials haven't involved pedicab drivers at all in their discussions.
They don't actually know how many pedicabs operate in the south end of the park.
This year, we are grateful to the Huggies Every Little Bottom program for paying our travel and conference expenses (except for that crazy pedicab ride, of course!).
Garodnick, 39, is chairman of the council's Consumer Affairs Committee and has played a key role in many recent consumer protection initiatives, including efforts to better regulate pedicabs and force street food vendors to post letter grades.
How many pedicab drivers would lose their jobs?
Along the downtown waterfront and in the Gaslamp Quarter, you'll find pedicabs and horse - drawn carriages.
Back when I lived in Winnipeg, there were novel contraptions like pedicabs that offered to take people around areas like the vibrant Osborne Village for a fee.
Our ride was courtesy of Greenway Pedicabs in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, in the Triangle region of North Carolina.
The proposal, which needs council approval, would also force Central Park pedicabs to operate north of 85th Street, a move likely to put many out of business.
The taxi turns into a dense traffic jam: a mile - long jumble of buses, motorcycles, and pedicabs surrounded by a throng of people on foot.
A custom fleet of «Cho - ffeur,» (OMG — I love the name) pedicabs designed to look like a cup of new Chobani Greek Yogurt Oats on wheels, is offering free rides to commuters from train stations and designated hubs around the city to workplaces.
Giuliani, 73, and two of his staffers were exiting a Cadillac SUV near the corner of 49th St. and Eighth Ave. about 2:20 p.m. when someone flung open a door and clipped a passing pedicab driver.»
Stable owners, cart drivers, park advocates and pedicab cyclists are bristling at Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Council's plan to rein in the horse carriage industry.
The Transport Workers Union said it will sue the mayor and the City Council, should they pass a law to move a diminished horse carriage industry into Central Park and ban pedicabs outside the park's tourist areas.
A spokesperson for CLC confirmed to POLITICO New York that their calls have been specifically «about the loss of pedicab jobs,» but declined to comment further.
His efforts culminated in the plan that he and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito announced last Sunday evening, which would bar pedicabs from the south end of the park, and cut the number of horses from 220 to 75.
Ibrahim Barrie, an immigrant pedicab driver from Sierra Leone who said he escaped the civil war there and fled to New York City, is hoping Mayor Bill de Blasio will give him a chance to make his case in the next week, as the City Council prepares to vote on a bill which will severely affect his line of work.
«Don't everybody answer at once,» Brooklyn Councilman David Greenfield said, asking for what kind of study the city had conducted before making its decision to restrict bike - drawn pedicabs to area of the park north of 85th Street as part of the plan.
Even the city's top cop thinks pedicabs are more trouble than they're worth.
The Mark does a tremendous job at pampering the adults with a Michelin star chef, a world famous hairstylist, hotel bicycles and chauffeured rides in The Mark Pedicabs.
Jump onboard with Just Tuk»n Around pedicabs who run short tours of Airlie Beach as well as progressive dinners.
Extra services at the Inn include a private chef for elegant meals, parties and get - togethers, full - service on - site catering, from courtyard barbecues to Sunday brunches, organized city tours, massages, facials and other day spa services, concierge services such as tee - off times, dinner reservations, bike and pedicab rentals and cleaning and laundry services.
A soft - focus tableau of peasant labor by Zhang Huan has grown so large and that his gallery offers pedicab rides to take it all in.
The Association for Public Art teams up with internationally recognized Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo - Qiang to present an interactive, large - scale installation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, featuring 27 customized pedicabs made up of hundreds of glowing handcrafted Chinese lanterns.
Philadelphia writer Heather Holmes offers her thoughts on Cai Guo - Qiang's public art project «Fireflies,» in which 27 pedicabs lit with Chinese lanterns circle Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
The Ecocab, that jazzy three - wheeled improvement on the older pedicab / rickshaw idea, debuted the first of May in Toronto and has been seen in cities such as Dublin and in Berlin for last year's World Cup.
Bicycles and pedicabs share the road with motor vehicles and all their risks, including the possibility of a crash, so insurance is an important consideration.
Those days are pretty much gone now, and as carbon «levies» and political manoeuvres on gas pricing are rapidly escalating, I am close to going out and pricing pedicabs to bring in a few extra bucks for my impending golden years.
As a sweetener, the proposal would restrict pedicabs to the area north of 85th Street in order to eliminate competition.
With the appropriate cue, guests crossed a bridge spanning the Roaring Fork River and streamed into the main tent for the dinner and live auction, some electing to take pedicabs the final distance from bridge to big top.
For reasons yet to be fully explained, Mayor Bill de Blasio's solution to what he says is a burning horse carriage problem involves banishing pedicabs from the southern end of Central Park.
«This city is a very large city, and I think there is opportunity that exists everywhere throughout — so in the conversations yes, there has been a point made about not having pedicabs operate south of the transverse which is 85, 86th street so that is being considered and it's in discussion,» Mark - Viverito said.
It seems there's a push toward the future through the past (pedicabs in Manhattan being just one example).
Along the town waterfront and in the Gaslamp Quarter, you'll find pedicabs and horse - drawn carriages.

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