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===North America=== ====United States==== [[File:RicshaRide25c..jpg|thumb|A tourist "Ricsha" ride in [[Chinatown, Los Angeles]], 1938]] From ''A History of the Los Angeles City Market (1930-1950)'', pulled rickshaws were operated in Los Angeles by high school teenagers during that time period.<ref>{{cite web | title=A History of The Los Angeles City Market: 1930-1950 | url=http://www.chinatownremembered.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=112 | publisher=Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (previously published: Gum Saan Journal, Volume 32, No. 1, 2010) | author=Tara Fickle | access-date=12 April 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220032301/http://www.chinatownremembered.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=112 | archive-date=20 December 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | title=The Chinese in America: A Narrative History | author=Iris Chang | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1a7gXiXnKF0C&pg=PT155 | publisher=Penguin | year=2004 | isbn=1101126876 | page=PT155 }}</ref> ====Canada==== Foot-driven rickshaws have enjoyed several decades of popularity in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], Nova Scotia; in addition to providing tours of the historic Waterfront, rickshaws are also occasionally used for transportation by local residents. The city is home to the oldest rickshaw company in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hfxrickshawtours.com/aboutus/ |title=Halifax Rickshaw Tours |year=2013 |access-date=19 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811215936/http://hfxrickshawtours.com/aboutus/ |archive-date=11 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rickshaws are a popular mode of transportation in downtown [[Ottawa, Ontario]], providing tours of historical [[Byward Market]], in the summer. Ottawa's rickshaws stay true to the traditional foot-driven rickshaw model, but feature modern sound-systems.<ref>{{ cite book | title=Frommer's Canada: With the best hiking & outdoor adventures |author1=Hilary Davidson |author2=Paul Karr |author3=Herbert Bailey Livesey |author4=Bill McRae |author5=Donald Olson | edition=14 | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | year=2006 | isbn=0470044578 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ottawarickshaws.ca/tours-and-services/downtown-rickshaw-tours/ | title=Downtown Ottawa Rickshaw Tours | publisher=Ottawa Rickshaws | access-date=13 April 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419002430/http://ottawarickshaws.ca/tours-and-services/downtown-rickshaw-tours/ | archive-date=19 April 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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