Sentences with phrase «pedicabs in»

So are electric tuk - tuks and pedicabs in Bangkok and Kathmandu.

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.

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In five decades of traveling, I've crossed countries by rickshaw, pedicab, bus, car, minivan, and bush taxi; a handful by train (Italy, Switzerland, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, and Greece); two by riverboat (Gabon and Germany); Norway by coastal steamer; Gambia and the Amazonian parts of Peru and Ecuador by motorized canoe; and half of Burma by motor scooter.

One of us wore baby Allie in the Baby Carrier One Outdoors almost every day of the trip — including while cycling on a tricked - out pedicab, searching for street art in Penang's 100 - degree weather, monkeying around with primates in Bali, hiking up the 1200 - year - old stone steps of Borobudur, and so much more.

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.

But several aspects of the plan — including the use of $ 25 million in taxpayer money to turn public property into a stable for the private carriage industry, the move to curtail the pedicab industry, the loss of carriage driver jobs and the resulting shuttering the current stables on the West Side — have aroused considerable opposition from various corners, most recently from 68 owners of horse carriage medallions, who blasted their union for agreeing to the deal.

Serena Williams and hip - hopper Common were canoodling in Central Park when a pedicab driver and wannabe French rapper tried to slip Common his CD.

Mr. de Blasio promised to ban the industry outright on «day one» of his administration, but many days later proposed a compromise deal instead — one that would restrict the horses to Central Park, see taxpayers fund a $ 25 million stable for the private industry on public land, and ban one form of competition, pedicabs, from operating in the tourist - rich southern part of the 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.

But city officials haven't involved pedicab drivers at all in their discussions.

«This bill is anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-Democratic and absolutely unnecessary,» Samulesen wrote, adding that the bill will kill hundreds of jobs specifically in the pedicab industry, and arguing that the drivers not only provide a transportation service but also an important tourism service in certain areas of the park.

They don't actually know how many pedicabs operate in the south end of the park.

In a mad - dash effort to persuade council members that a pedicab ban in the southern end of the park makes little sense, pedicab drivers have held rallies and called legislatorIn a mad - dash effort to persuade council members that a pedicab ban in the southern end of the park makes little sense, pedicab drivers have held rallies and called legislatorin the southern end of the park makes little sense, pedicab drivers have held rallies and called legislators.

Mr. Hawkins lives in Syracuse and works for U.P.S.; his supporters brought a pedicab to the community center where the governor held his rally.

In an interview, Samuelsen said the Transport Workers Union is helping to organize the pedicab operators and is giving them both meeting space and legal help.

«What we want to learn from TWU is how we save our industry,» said Ibrahim Barrie, who fled the civil war in Sierra Leone and has driven a pedicab for eight years.

And on Friday, about 10 pedicab drivers, representing an industry of about 800, will gather at the union's offices in Brooklyn.

Despite the mayor's assurance that he's willing to meet with them, pedicab drivers have said they have yet to get a sit down with anyone in City Hall.

De Blasio said Monday that cutting out pedicabs was necessary to prevent overcrowding in the park.

The Transport Workers Union, which has stepped in to help organize the pedicab drivers who face banishment under the deal, urged pols to reject the bill.

They also won't get much competition from pedicabs, which will be banned south of the 85th Street Transverse in the park.

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.

«On Thursday night we could see the stars in the sky,» said Moises Rosillo, 41, a pedicab driver sheltering beneath the centre's distinctive domed roof with his family.

Riding in 40 pedicabs, our motorcade started at CBS Network's The Early Show Plaza, where television viewers got a glimpse of the happy couples wearing tee shirts with their newly launched campaign, «Love Begins Here.»

Back in the pedicabs, we stopped by FOX News Plaza for another orchestrated kiss.

A dozen couples participated in a pedicab promenade from Central Park to Time Square where they joined eHarmony CEO Greg Waldorf and pedicab grand marshall Leeza Gibbons for an appearance on CBS» The Early Show.

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.

Along the town waterfront and in the Gaslamp Quarter, you'll find pedicabs and horse - drawn carriages.

Motorbikes, scooters, bicycles, ATVs and pedicabs are available for rent in Boracay.

Check out this Frommer's guide for tips on riding the streetcar, renting a bike, hopping on a ferry, or zipping about in a pedicab.

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.

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To be honest, if you're in a hurry, the pedicab probably isn't for you, as the weight of two passengers certainly slowed our «driver» down somewhat, but it was a pleasant evening, and we enjoyed taking the weight off our feet.

Scores of bicycle enthusiasts, pedicab drivers, rollerbladers and parents with jogging strollers were in motion on the newly designated bike lane.

The Globe and Mail reports that «scores of bicycle enthusiasts, pedicab drivers, rollerbladers and parents with jogging strollers were in motion on the newly designated bike lane.»

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.

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.