Pulled rickshaw

A pulled rickshaw (from Japanese jinrikisha (人力車) 'person/human-powered vehicle') is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two people.

Pulled rickshaw
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese人力車
Simplified Chinese人力车
Japanese name
Kanji力車
Hiraganaりきしゃ

In recent times the use of human-powered rickshaws has been discouraged or outlawed in many countries due to concern for the welfare of rickshaw workers. Pulled rickshaws have been replaced mainly by cycle rickshaw and auto rickshaws.

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