{"id":386,"date":"2014-09-05T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2024-05-02T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T21:00:47","slug":"the-pedicab-was-the-last-straw-ny-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/news\/the-pedicab-was-the-last-straw-ny-times\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pedicab Was the Last Straw &#8211; NY Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The entry details a frustrating day in New York City filled with traffic jams and delays, culminating in an enlightening experience with a pedicab. After facing prolonged traffic due to an accident, heavy congestion, and a presidential visit, the writer opts for a pedicab, the only vehicle that seemed to be moving. Initially believing the ride cost $4, they later discovered it was actually $4 per minute, leading to a total cost of $48 for a journey from 34th to 54th and Eighth Avenue. This experience illustrates why locals might avoid using pedicabs, due to the unexpectedly high costs associated with short rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/05\/the-pedicab-was-the-last-straw\/?src=twr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/05\/the-pedicab-was-the-last-straw\/?src=twr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entry details a frustrating day in New York City filled with traffic jams and delays, culminating in an enlightening experience with a pedicab. After facing prolonged traffic due to an accident, heavy congestion, and a presidential visit, the writer opts for a pedicab, the only vehicle that seemed to be moving. Initially believing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":387,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions\/387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}