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ChineseDowntown pedicab out of commission
[tags]los angeles, downtown los angeles, pedicab, la downtown news[/tags]
Eric Green, profiled here for his fledgling pedicab service in downtown Los Angeles, had to temporarily shut down his business before it gained some momentum.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, which regulates forms of transportation competing with Green’s pedicabs — taxis and DASH buses — required Green to get “special permits,” although he has a business license and insurance.
“I’m in limbo,” Green told the LA Downtown News. “I haven’t been told I can’t operate this business but it will be a lengthy process. Several other agencies have to check me off and give me the okay.”
The Downtown News editorialized for the DOT to help Green get back in business, and for other pedicab operators to expand the enterprise.
See also:
- MetroRiderLA: A New Tranist [sic] Option In Downtown: Pedicabs
- Pedicab News, a blog about this novel mode
- Technorati search about Green and his pedicab
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Let’s get an email petition going. Anyone have the proper contacts to send to?
No, sorry. My sympathies are with Mr. Green, however. His plight reminds me of all those free-spirited jitney operators way back when who were put out of business by the Pacific Electric.