Rickshaws

Green, yellow, black. They are the blood in the veins of Bangalore: the 450.000 rickshaws and their drivers. Knocked together from bits and pieces, decorated, ready for the junk heap or carefully maintained like antique cars, the vehicles are as charismatic as their owners, who brave the monstrous traffic of this metropolis daringly, sleepy, chattering...Read More

Nice tube taking during the Mumbai Xpress 2011 by David Williams: ‘The last thing I expected to find at a freeway stop in India was some crazy fellow tourists riding rickshaws round the country! But find them I did and they were happy to tell their story:’Read More

TD Waterhouse investment advisors Matthew Phillips (left) and Tristan Sawtell will be taking part in Mumbai Xpress, a two-week, 1,900-kilometer race across India in rickshaws to raise funds for Round Table India. Sawtell, 28, is an investment advisor with TD Waterhouse, and he will be competing in Mumbai Xpress – a two-week, 1,900-kilometer race across...Read More

TV channel Colors breaks two world records to promote Guinness World Records show. First record, ‘Fastest time to mount a flex billboard’. 100 ft (width) x 20 ft (height), and at a height of over 60 ft, in a record time of 20 minutes and 51 seconds. Second one, ‘Longest parade of rickshaws’. This record...Read More

Bicycle-powered cabs similar to rickshaws could soon be legal on Bloomington’s streets, with some seeing them as a possible downtown attraction. A city councilman has introduced an ordinance regulating the velocabs, setting rules on the type of equipment used, insurance and licensing. Full article hereRead More

The first of the autos rolled out towards the end of 1957 under the banner of the Bachchraj Trading Corporation before the company was renamed Bajaj Auto. According to corporate lore, the term ‘autorickshaw’ was coined by N K Firodia as an improvement over the manual rickshaws in many parts of the country. The government...Read More

It’s December, travelers, and that means the fourth annual Classic Run is just right around the corner. Though registration is still open, the rickshaws are being painted, the stereos are being installed, and the teams are getting ready for the adventure of a lifetime! But why should you travel to Tamil Nadu after Christmas and...Read More

“This service is not available for government employees”, read the handbills that have been pasted on hundreds of rickshaws in Allahabad. To protest against the government’s nonchalance to their demand of special rickshaw parking zones and night shelters, around 20,000 rickshaw pullers in the city have refused to give a ride to government employees. Full...Read More

17 offenders nabbed operating rickshaws without valid permits The traffic department has finally started cracking the whip on erring auto rickshaws that overcharge and refuse fares across the city. As part of the initial leg of the drive across the city, traffic cops have booked around 17 rickshaw drivers and owners operating without a valid...Read More

Pic of the week is the Soda Pop RickshawRead More