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Pedicabs

LC control no.sh 85099194
Topical headingPedicabs
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Variant(s)Cycle-rickshaws
See alsoBicycles
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Rickshaws
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Found inWheeler, T. Chasing rickshaws, 1998: p. 7 (Born in Japan as the 'man-powered vehicle' or jinrikisha, the rickshaw later metamorphosed into the cycle-rickshaw and in parts of Asia is still the true developing world taxicab ... Also known as trishaws, sidecars, pedicabs, cyclos, becaks and a host of other local names, the cycle-rickshaw is much more than just a means of transport. The 12 Asian cities visited in this book cover the whole spectrum of the rickshaw and cycle-rickshaw story.)