Editing Cycle rickshaw (section)

==Overview==
[[File:Warna-warni Becak di Kota Solo.jpg|thumb|Pedicab or "Becak" (in Indonesian language) in [[Surakarta|Solo]], [[Central Java]], Indonesia ]]
The first cycle rickshaws were built in the 1880s and were first used widely in 1929 in Singapore. Six years later, they outnumbered pulled rickshaws there. By 1950, cycle rickshaws were found in every south and east Asian country. By the late 1980s, there were an estimated 4 million cycle rickshaws worldwide.<ref name="Edgerton p. 46">{{cite book | title=The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900 | publisher=Oxford University Press | first=David | last=Edgerton | year=2011 | pages=46 | isbn=978-0199832613}}</ref>

The vehicle is generally pedal-driven by a driver, though some are equipped with an [[electric motor]] to assist the driver.<ref name="Wired01">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/solar-rickshaws-delhi/|title=Solar Rickshaws Ready for Delhi |last=Keith|first=Barry|date=11 January 2010|magazine=Wired Magazine |access-date=10 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hybrid.iit.edu/projects.php?project=auto_rickshaw|title=Sustainable Transportation Solution for Auto Rickshaws|year=2009|publisher=Illinois Institute of Technology|access-date=10 March 2010|archive-date=8 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708204733/http://hybrid.iit.edu/projects.php?project=auto_rickshaw|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/11602/ |title=The Cycle Rickshaw's Electric Dreams|newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=14 August 2010}}</ref>

The vehicle is usually a [[tricycle]], though some [[Quadracycle (human-powered vehicle)|quadracycle]] models exist, and some [[bicycle]]s with [[bicycle trailer|trailers]] are configured as cycle rickshaws.<ref name=Sobey>{{cite book | title=A Field Guide to Automotive Technology | publisher=Chicago Review Press | first=Ed | last=Sobey | year=2009 | pages=172 | isbn=978-1556528125}}</ref> Some cycle rickshaws have gas or electric motors.<ref name=Sobey /><ref name="investvine">{{cite web|url=http://investvine.com/electric-vehicles-become-popular-the-philippines/|title=Electric vehicles become popular in the Philippines|first=Todd|last=Watson|work=Inside Investor|date=31 July 2013|access-date=11 August 2013|archive-date=9 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809233513/http://investvine.com/electric-vehicles-become-popular-the-philippines/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Passenger configuration===
The configuration of driver and passenger seats varies. Generally the driver sits in front of the passengers to pedal the rickshaw. There are some designs, though, where the cyclist driver sits behind the passengers.<ref name="Edgerton p. 46" /><ref name=Sobey /> In many [[Asia]]n countries, like [[Bangladesh]], [[India]], and [[China]], the passenger seat is located behind the driver, while in [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Cambodia]], and [[Vietnam]] the cyclist driver sits behind the passenger. In the [[Philippines]], the passenger seats are usually located beside the driver in a side car. Similar to this, passengers sit alongside the driver in both ''trishaw,'' in [[Singapore]], and the ''sai kaa,'' in [[Burma]].<ref name="Edgerton p. 46" />