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    ETC Pedicabs provides new transit option Downtown

    The Alive wrote Pedal pushers

    By Brittany Kress

    May 22, 2008

    Cycling through High Street traffic while pulling two adults in a carriage on wheels isn’t as easy as it sounds. Oh, right. It doesn’t sound easy.

    But a month into business for Columbus’ startup foot-powered pedicab service, people are into it, with drivers excited about getting paid to get fit and riders interested in supporting a green business.

    ETC Pedicabs is a Downtown-centric service that kicked off at the beginning of the month and operates whenever Mike Sorboro’s loose association of drivers wants to troll the area — usually on nights and weekends.

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