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Q: Do you use the tuk tuks to move around the city?
I know they are not the safest way to move around, but when I am in a hurry and the alternatives are walking half an hour or waiting for a bus that might never come, I find the tuktuks very useful.
Do you sometimes use the tuk tuks or do you think that they should disappear from the streets?
11 years 7 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - Beijing
I'm not sure what a tuk tuk is. I usually use the taxi, subway or bus to get around the city. If I have a friend that has a car I can get around that way also.
erokose:
It is one of those three-wheeled small vehicles that can fit one or two passengers. You can normally see a lot of them around the subway stations in rush hour or driving in opposite direction or through lanes of cars in a suicidal way
三轮车's (san lun che, "three wheeled car") are definitely convenient in a smaller sized city. Before I bought my car, I would use them if I needed to get across town or something. Usually a bit cheaper than a taxi, but of course slower and more exposed to accidents.
nope, cost/safety matrix does not add up compared to taxis or busses (or walking which is also a surprisingly fast way to get around considering the time needed to hail a taxi or wait for a bus)
I don't use them as we have an e-bike and a car, so we don't have the need anymore. Before we got our own transport I mainly used buses but if we were going somewhere in the evenings it was more likely we would get a taxi.
On one occasion we couldn't get a taxi so we stopped a rickshaw (as I prefer to call them), and the price was the same as a taxi! Now, that could be because the driver knew there were no taxis, and I will admit the ride was much more fun than a taxi, but.... N.B. We live in Nanning which is tropical and hot, I cannot imagine trying to use one in Harbin in winter!!!
DaqingDevil:
In our city which is as cold as Harbin, they are enclosed and would you believe they have little coal fires to keep the cabin warm! Not only cosy but a useful addition to the air pollution.
Yes i use them all the time
I am in a small city, and they are much cheaper than taxi, although if i have to go any great distance then obviously taxi is better.
I use them quite regularly and thoroughly enjoy them.......... don't have to wonder about smoking, like a taxi..... they were just 1-2 kuai less than a taxi, but since the New year, they have been asking for more than a taxi..... don't imagine this will last for long ....
I don't go far, just if it's more than half hour walk.
I have a yuk yuk (haha) with a volkswagen engine in it !
I love doing wheelies past those stupid electric bikes.
Only one time, because they always ask for ridiculously high prices in big cities.
