<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> I think that is the basic difference between cycle rickshaws in developing and developed countries: in the former, they are used for trips which are much longer than in places like Europe or some cities in the US. I guess the best way to use rickshaws is as a short-distance mode and as an integration mode for mass transit. If the Colombian Ministry of Transport understood this, biketaxis (or cyclerickshaws) would be permitted on the roads, increasing the catchment area of TransMilenio up to 2 km or more! I usually ride a(n illegal) biketaxi from a TransMilenio station ( Estación Prado) to my house. It’s sometimes too long to walk that far, and I will never take a taxi for such a short ride (also, bicycle parking has only been built in terminal stations, so there is no way to leave the bicycle).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I tried attaching two pictures of the informal biketaxis in Bogotá, but it didn’t come through.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Best regards, <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Carlos F. Pardo Coordinador de Proyecto GTZ - Proyecto de Transporte Sostenible (SUTP, SUTP-LAC) Cl 125bis # 41-28 of 404 Bogotá D.C., Colombia Tel:  +57 (1) 215 7812<o:p></o:p> Fax: +57 (1) 236 2309  Mobile: +57 (3) 15 296 0662 e-mail: <a href="mailto:carlos.pardo@sutp.org" title="mailto:carlos.pardo@sutp.org">carlos.pardo@sutp.org</a> Página: <a href="http://www.sutp.org/" title="http://www.sutp.org/">www.sutp.org</a><o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> De: sustran-discuss-bounces+carlos.pardo=sutp.org@list.jca.apc.org [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+carlos.pardo=sutp.org@list.jca.apc.org] En nombre de Sarath Guttikunda Enviado el: Viernes, 11 de Agosto de 2006 08:02 a.m. Para: Asia and the Pacific sustainable transport Asunto: [sustran] Re: Meanwhile: The rickshaw's last stand<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Even in Wahsington DC downtown (Chinatown), now there are couple of Cycle Rickshaws that go around. I don't think these are meant for long distances as rickshaws average in Dhaka or Calcutta, but they seem to doing a fair amount of business with the tourists. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Sarath  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> On 8/10/06, Robert Bartlett <<a href="mailto:roadnotes@freenet.de">roadnotes@freenet.de</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p> I suspect rickshaws are anything but 'on the way out'. For example they are in increasing use in Europe and - in Europe and elsewhere - are put to a much greater range of uses than you might think. See the document "rickshaws in Dhaka" at <a href="http://www.schorrell-analysis.de/Publications/Publications_List/Book_6/book_6.html">http://www.schorrell-analysis.de/Publications/Publications_List/Book_6/book_6.html </a> I'm also involved in 2 other related documents (rickshaws in Europe and rickshaws in India/the Ecotrike) which should be ready for publishing in early September. Robert Bartlett ================================================================ SUSTRAN-DISCUSS is a forum devoted to discussion of people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries (the 'Global South'). Because of the history of the list, the main focus is on urban transport policy in Asia. <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>