Pedicab Driver Waiting for Customer

A pedicab driver waiting for customers on the roadside of Jalan Raya Cibeureum in the west of Bandung.

Seorang tukang becak menunggu penumpang di tepi jalan raya Cibeureum di sebelah barat kota Bandung.

Bandung Street Documentary #2: Pedicab Drivers

This is my second post of Bandung Street Documentary series.

I took this photo of pedicab drivers waiting for passangers in front of Rancaekek commuter train station last week. Rancaekek is a small suburban town about 14 kilometers east of Bandung.

"Becak," the word for pedicab in Indonesian, used to be found in many parts of Bandung. By the city's regulation, now it can only operate in certain parts of the city and suburban areas.

Pedicab has many variants and different names in different parts of the world. It is called "becak" in Indonesia, "traysikad" in the Philippines, "beca" or "trishaw" in Malaysia and Singapore, "cyclo" in Vietnam and Cambodia, and "rickshaw" in the subcontinent Asia (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh).