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