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Why this website exists?
This website gives pedicab drivers a space to be seen, heard, and understood by documenting their stories, daily lives, experiences, and role within Manila's communities.
Discover the stories, lives, and everyday realities of Manila's pedicab drivers.
Kuwentong Pedicab is a multimedia advocacy project that highlights the stories, experiences, and everyday realities of pedicab drivers in the City of Manila. Through a website featuring their stories, information about pedicabs, an interactive map of documented pedicab locations, a rider's guide, and opportunities for community participation, the project aims to make their experiences more visible and encourage greater understanding of the people behind every ride.
This website gives pedicab drivers a space to be seen, heard, and understood by documenting their stories, daily lives, experiences, and role within Manila's communities.
Pedicab drivers provide short-distance transportation within communities, helping connect passengers to places that larger vehicles may not easily reach. Their familiarity with local streets and communities makes them an important part of everyday neighborhood life.
More than simply pedaling, “Padyak” represents perseverance, livelihood, and service to the community. It reflects the effort of pedicab drivers who continue to work each day while serving the communities around them.
Pedicabs have long been part of daily transportation in many Filipino communities. For pedicab drivers, however, these vehicles are more than a means of getting from one place to another, they are tools for earning a living and serving the communities around them. Despite changes in Manila's transportation landscape and limited formal recognition in some areas, drivers continue to rely on pedicabs as part of their everyday livelihood.
Learn MoreHear directly from pedicab drivers as they share their experiences, challenges, memories, and everyday lives on Manila's streets. Through their voices, discover the people and stories behind every pedicab ride.
Explore Their Stories →From unstable income and extreme weather conditions to physical exhaustion and changes in Manila's transportation landscape, pedicab drivers face challenges that extend beyond the ride itself. Yet they continue to work, adapt, and serve the communities that depend on them.
Learn MoreExplore documented pedicab locations across the City of Manila and learn more about the communities where drivers work and serve passengers. Every location represents people, livelihoods, and everyday experiences that are part of Manila's transportation landscape.
This section helps passengers better understand the experience of pedicab drivers and approach every ride with awareness, clear communication, and respect.
Have you ever ridden a pedicab in Manila? Share your experience, memories, or conversations with a pedicab driver. Your story can help others see the people behind every ride and recognize the everyday experiences that connect pedicab drivers with the communities they serve.
Kuwentong Pedicab is a multimedia advocacy project created by AB-MMA students from De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde. Learn more about our team, our process, and why we created this project to document and amplify the experiences of pedicab drivers.
About the Team