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NEW YORK (AP) - The City Council on Monday put the brakes on legions of unregulated bicycle taxis, adopting licensing and safety standards that the drivers called unfair and the mayor vetoed last month.
The pedicabs, which look like giant tricycles with passenger carriages in the back, have become popular among tourists, and some residents ride them to beat traffic jams.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg last month had second thoughts during the bill-signing ceremony after a group of pedicab drivers and their supporters stood up and told him the bill was unfair. He later vetoed it.
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