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Pedi-cabs coming to Folsom!With a stroke of good luck and quick action, four pedicabs have been donated to Folsom for use in the Historic District. Neil Lubin purchased the pedicabs last year while planning to open the Sacramento Rickshaw Co. in Sacramento. Because of a confluence of circumstances, Neil decided not to start his business and contacted SABA to offer the pedicabs to any nonprofit organization that could use them. On a tip from FABA, Jeff Ferreira-Pro, FEDCorp project manager for Revitalization, contacted Neil, who seemed pleased with Folsom as a destination. Jeff, Jim Konopka and Tony Powers traveled to Sacramento and accepted the four, beautiful new red pedicabs from Neil. Our plan is for FABA to manage the operation of the pedicabs in the Historic District on weekends, at special events and perhaps some weekday evenings. Charles McCann will be heading up this effort. We are currently working on getting insurance, soliciting advertising to pay for the insurance and other operating costs, getting appropriate approvals from the city, and lining up drivers. We expect to have pedi-cabs on the street by December 2007. Keeping true to SABA/FABA's mission of more trips by bike, the pedicabs were pedaled to their new home in Folsom on the American River Parkway bike trail on Labor Day. The four three-wheeled vehicles were ridden by Jim Konopka, Dennis King, George van Griekan, Tony Powers and Dan Winkelman, with assistance from Jeff Ferreira-Pro, Marie Schelling, Wayne Larson, Walt Seifert, Dave Cassel and the Powers boys. Thanks to those who made this possible by volunteering their time to staff the stations. |
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