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Article below on The Classic Run 2011 champs via Spain. A ritme de ‘tuc-tuc (A tuk-tuk Speed). Classic Run, a 1,300 kilometers to the south of India in 12 days, going through several challenge in 10 stages, all in a rickshaw at a maximum speed of 65 or 70 kilometers per hour. Among the 13...Read More

The AutoMeterFare app is to help auto-rickshaw passengers calculate how much they need to pay for their fare. This smart app helps auto-rickshaw users in many cities in India, ten so far (list below). Cities Supported: • Ahmedabad • Bengaluru  • Chandigarh • Delhi • Hyderabad • Mumbai • Nagpur • Navi Mumbai • Pune...Read More

NAGPUR: Commuters will be in for grave inconvenience as over 15,000 three-wheeler auto rickshaws in the city will go off the roads on Tuesday to protest government’s policy to bar autorickshaws from transporting school students. The bandh call has been given by various auto federations in Vidarbha. Phasing out of autos for school children is...Read More

Mumbai autorickshaws are called `ricksha’ by the local commuters. Chennai rests easy with the name `auto’. You can hop into a Mumbai autorickshaw in the dead of the night. He will drop you home and give you back the exact change. You can hop into any autorickshaw whose owner agrees to ply you at night...Read More

One of the most popular things for tourists to do in Thailand is to ride in a tuk-tuk. A tuk-tuk is like a motorized rickshaw, a tiny 3-wheeled vehicle that runs on a motorbike engine, and fitted to carry 2-3 passengers at most. Taking a tuk-tuk is an incredibly fun thing to do, but there...Read More

An auto rickshaw or tuk tuk (auto, autorick or rickshaw in popular parlance) is a motorised vehicle that is one of the chief modes of transport across many parts of South and East Asia … Full article hereRead More

Rickshaw pullers in the capital may soon get biometric badges after being trained in traffic rules to regularize their movement instead of banning them altogether. The Delhi government put forth the proposal in the Delhi High Court while filing the minutes of a meeting with the Lieutenant Governor of the city. It said that with...Read More

Aamir Khan was on a promotional spree for his upcoming flick, ‘3 Idiots’. He has been traveling to various parts of India in costume to promote his film. Newly, when he was traveling in an auto-rickshaw in the look of an old man, his vehicle collided with another three wheeler and luckily, Aamir Khan escaped...Read More

The regional transport officer (west division) Siddappa Kaller has directed all autorickshaw owners/drivers in the city to carry the vehicle documents with them as the officials along with police would intensify inspection from Monday. There have been complaints from passengers that auto drivers are collecting excessive fare and many autos do not have auto fare...Read More