THE PEDICAB PARADOX

In Asia they're a symbol of a much-despised past, and hardly fitting with newly emergent economic superpowers. In Jakarta, Indonesia, they're dumped by the thousands into the sea as a health hazard to their owner-operators. Dumaguete City in the Philippines is slowly phasing them out. Dhaka, Bangladesh is thinking of banning them altogether.

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