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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Fran Spielman

Reilly settles for watered-down crackdown on pedicabs

The City Council’s License Committee voted Wednesday to allow pedicabs to play music between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily — as long as the pedicab playing that music is transporting passengers. | Courtesy Chicago Rickshaw

Six months ago, downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) proposed radical regulations to put the brakes on Chicago pedicabs, silence their loud music and stop their sidewalk partying.

Reilly proposed banning pedicabs altogether from the River North entertainment district after 6 p.m. and prohibiting pedicabs from using amplified sound during all hours of the day and night.

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