With Pedicab, Driver Makes a Life in New York City

Ibrahim Barrie works as a pedicab driver, entertaining New York City tourists with his tours of Central Park. He and others are fighting a proposal that would ban pedicabs from the lower half of the park. Photo: Kevin Hagen/Video: Jennifer Weiss
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[@ThatPedicabLife]

Pedicabs are the best way to get around and definitely the most fun. Transportation at its finest.

[@KandiKlover]

Ban cars

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[@prakharprabhat585]

In India we call them rickshaw. Nowadays we have electric rickshaws also.

[@RJHadleyFlorida]

I drove a pedicab in Chicago and did pretty well. It's fun, I got to work outside and meet a fair number of people from all over

[@rosefinerty4288]

Thank you for sharing 🙏 You look very happy in your work 🤗

[@anindya266]

Oh nice to see rickshaw in NY :)

[@KandiKlover]

A Richardshaw

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[@haryanvijaat1604]

You are an amazing person.

[@animieabraham3092]

Here in Bangladesh this is normal. You will see so many rickshaws here. In Dhaka city we have around 2 million rickshaws and more than 3.5 million peoples are with this industry sector alone in Dhaka city .

[@GauravKumar-lf8ex]

Such a wonderful remembering job in your life

[@calex619pedicabtv]

its a rewarding job!! ✨️

[@srn306x]

There's pedicabs everywhere in Bangladesh or Rickshaw as we call it.

[@w6555]

We call these rickshaws in Bangladesh

[@KandiKlover]

Richardshaws.

[@charlesxav1er]

The only jobs left in NY are to serve rich people food and entertainment

[@thebluelizard6335]

Yup !

[@gobimurugesan2411]

He have an iPhone...😯😯😯

[@srn306x]

Yo

[@chloes385]

One time I took a pedicab to my hotel and the guy charged me $100

[@nuritas8424]

it's normal

[@airwolf3607]

It was prob half way across new york😆

[@dorjiphalam]

$5 a min, stick to uber.

[@KandiKlover]

Should’ve checked the rates first. Or go to a hotel near your actual hotel so you can runaway and he won’t find you.

[@dorjiphalam]

$5 a min. Becareful

[@airwolf3607]

Do they go by weight?

[@dorjiphalam]

@@airwolf3607 nop their rates are like 3.5- 5 a min. They make more than doctors lol.

[@maliknasir3839]

Nice job but hard workin

[@UAFAH]

Why are they attempting to ban pedicabs? Love to hear your story? 678-800-1376

[@abhishek2026]

😑😑😑😑 this is stupid. Being Indian, i do not want anybody to run those rickshaw calling a cool name pedicab. It hurts men you are not letting that man earn a good living from capitalistic environment.