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Cuba’s bicitaxi: the passenger seat behind the pedals

A bicycle taxi on the Malecón in Havana, 13 August 2006.

The passenger seat of a Cuban bicitaxi sits behind the person pedalling. It is a double seat on a three-wheeled vehicle, built to carry passengers under human power.

The name brings bici and taxi together. A familiar bicycle action, pedalling, becomes a hired means of getting around.

Sources

ASALE — Diccionario de americanismos: bicitaxi

EcuRed — Bicitaxi