The Issue: New legislation requiring pedicab drivers to display fares up front to deter price-gouging.
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The Post’s editorial states that pedicabs “are dangerous to pedestrians, to automobiles and to themselves” (“Predatory Pedicabs,” Editorial, Nov. 27).
On what evidence is this bold claim based?
In the many years that hundreds of pedicabs have been on our streets, there’s been only one known incident in New York City in which pedicab passengers were injured, and these injuries were clearly due to the pedicab driver’s behavior.
Could it be that pedicabs actually tame car traffic and therefore make pedestrians safer?
Indeed, increased pedestrian safety has been the trend in the years that we’ve had pedicabs.
As usual, The Post treats any challenge to the hegemony of motor vehicles over our public space as a crime against humanity. David Dartley
Manhattan
These idiots from the City Council simply don’t understand that the pedicabs shouldn’t be on the streets.
Maybe they’re safe for Central Park but definitely not the streets.
They are dangerous to pedestrians, cars and their own passengers.
The City Council needs more professional members who understand safety issues.
Michael Mazor
Manhattan
I find The Post’s obvious snub of cycling as a form of transportation ridiculous and shortsighted. Yes, the pedicabs need to be regulated so that they can’t rip people off, but that has nothing to do with bicycles as part of urban traffic. You want to get rid of pedestrians, too? Gosh, they’re unsafe.
Bikes are here to stay, so get used to it. Start promoting safe cycling and driving practices and courtesy on the road, instead of demonizing one form of transportation. Sarah Adams
Portland, Ore.