Rickshaws has been the major means of cheap transportation at Eastern countries but as well also to other countries nowadays and its evolution into now modern rickshaw has added more to its popularity. 

In the absence of cars, taxis, bus, train, who you gonna call and rely on to transport yourself from another far away or remote place? Hmm, I guess your own foot? Yap some would prefer to walk than ride a bicycle rickshaw or pedicab rickshaws, though a rickshaw is also a comfort ride similar to cars or taxis.

A rickshaw has gone a long way from being the manual person pulling the cart into a driving gear or into a pedicab or bike rickshaw or auto rickshaw or bajaj rickshaw like in India. However, in the Philippines there are two types of rickshaws that is the pedicab rickshaw or three-wheeler bike and tricycle. The development of now the modern rickshaw is brought by the disadvantage to a traditional manual runner who pulls it, that is, because of the accidents met by the manual puller then. Yap, how can anyone run and pulled a rickshaw with a rider in it only by just running within few kilometers without ever got injured on the foot, like sprains, plantar fasiciitis, calcaneal stress fracture, Achilles tendon bursitis, extensor tendinitis, and other foot injured acquired by running frequently? Even an athlete runner could acquire these foot injuries, what more is an ordinary rickshaw runner?

Thus, from traditional rickshaws, it has evolved into many modern variations, from pedicab rickshaw into auto rickshaw, into bike rickshaw, and other modern innovations of it. However, the traditional rickshaws still exist today. Some of those have been an exhibit to museum, those rickshaws at middle ages or the antique one.

Some of the modern rickshaws or auto rickshaws at Bangladesh have colorful designs and arts, but this rickshaw art of them is not unique in its sense because some passenger Jeepneys at the Philippines has this also kind of art on their jeeps. What is this, coincidence? However, it is said that rickshaw art is a part of a strategy of the rickshaw owner to get customers or passengers. Thus, it is also said that from rickshaw art many rickshaw owners compete tightly to get a passengers.

The Cost of a Rickshaw

The cost of a modern rickshaw today varies from place to place and what type of model of rickshaw you would like to buy as well as what brand it is, compare to earlier times when rickshaw is still similar to a vinegar cart. That is why in earlier times rickshaw is called vinaigrettes.

On earlier times, if you are a rickshaw owner, all you have to do or all you will need is a wheel barrow, a puller, a seater for passenger and your own natural strength to pull it, thus it is more cheaper and economical to have one at that time than today wherein you are buying not only the brand but also the machine of the modern rickshaw, if you prefer the modern rickshaw than the older ones. 

Moreover, a passenger of a modern rickshaw would also pay higher fare than on the traditional or older ones, of course because of the machine and motor the modern rickshaw is being run to.