Utah Stories May 2021 Issue

Page 28

Salt City Cycle PediCab Legacy Pedicab Pedalers Promoted Personal Propulsion By Christopher Widmer

City Cycle Cab, LLC turned its last pedal. The effects of COVID-19 destroyed income streams

S

alt City Cycle Cab, LLC was a tribe of entrepreneurs, freelancers, and

contractors that lived up to their name.

and paralyzed fleet operations. Salt Lake was

After a trip in a Salt City Cycle Cab, anyone

a fantastic starting point for the Cycle Cab

will have salt lingering on their brow and

company, and despite the closure of the largest

butterflies flying circles around them.

pedicab company in the city, there are still

People like Louis Gasper, James Kurocik,

several responsible, dedicated and resilient

and Brian Gomez make city loitering feel a

pedicab owners who remain in the city ready to

lot less lame.

serve. Best of luck to all the pedicab operators

Graduating from horse-drawn carriages

who continue to serve the downtown (Salt Lake

that once line downtown Salt Lake,

City) community. Wishing success for all taking

pedicabs emerged as a more humane and

up the challenge to save the world one pedal

controlled way of getting city dwellers from

stroke at a time.”

here to there. The customized Pedal-Bikes —Louis Gasper,

Founder of Salt City Cycle Cab, LLC

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(aka Rickshaws) that SCCC mechanics produced, came equipped with a glittering

PHOTOS BY ALONZO RILEY

“After 7 years of serving Salt Lake City, Salt


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