On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 9:13 PM Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh, here in Indonesia you can find motorcycle taxis (ojek) everywhere, > including in all the towns where bicycle rickshaws / pedicabs operate. > > For example, all of the markets in my town have a pangkalan ojek > (motorcycle taxi stand) and a separate pangkalan becak (pedicab > stand), usually near the main entrance. > > I prefer the pedicabs when I have luggage, since there is a nice wide > bench which can carry more cargo than can fit on a motorcycle, and > they are quiet and slower. But the motorcycles are faster, so if you > are in a hurry or have a long trip, they are the better choice. > Hmmm. It seems that your ojeks are a different sort of public transportation to our tricycles/pedicabs in the Philippines. If I understand your description correctly, ojeks seem to be like regular 4-wheeled taxis in many respects except for the use of motorcycles, but in the Philippines, tricycles/pedicabs are never used for long-distance travel and are usually used for the "last-mile" travel typically to get to a particular house from a main highway (or to get from the house to the highway). These tricycles/pedicabs usually have "service areas" (often a gated subdivision, or a village, or a close cluster of hamlets) and they only provide transportation within that area and cannot bring you anywhere unlike regular taxis.
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