ecocabs popping up everywhere

Pedal-powered EcoCabs (and variations on the theme) are operating in a number of cities around the world, but what I find really exciting is that in places like Toronto they are providing free door-to-door transport, paid for entirely by corporate sponsors whose brands adorn the vehicles.

Toronto City Council paved the way for other Canadian cities to welcome the EcoCab program by choosing to support the initiative and recognizing the value it brings to both Torontonians and the environment. In keeping with the city's commitment, Toronto licensing officials have allowed the EcoCab vehicles to operate without the standard licenses normally associated with taxis, pedicabs or rickshaws.

And for shifting your products around the city, here's the cargo bike, built to carry up to 180 kg in its 1,400-litre cargo space.

Comments

[Steve Hayes]

Any possibility it might catch on in South Africa?

[Rory]

As a matter of fact, there are plans to start a "pedicab" service in Cape Town around November this year. If rickshaws can work in Durban, I don't see why pedicabs couldn't do just as well. Whether or not they manage to survive on advertising alone, remains to be seen.