The Pedicab Project in Baltimore
After Michelle Nugent, a half-Filipino-American, took her first trip to the Phillippines and noticed how they got around, she had an idea.
Now a community arts student at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Nugent made a pedicab from an old children’s bike, a wooden chair, a handrail, some PVC pipe and cardboard. She decorated it with recycled paper bags, Coca-Cola cans and soda boxes (and one National Bohemian beer box), potato chip bags and other materials. Her intention with The Pedicab Project is to give people in Baltimore free rides in exchange for stories, which she will record and re-purpose to share with others. To learn more about The Pedicab Project, watch the video below the gallery.
- Michelle Nugent, a Charles Village resident and community arts student at MICA, rides her homemade pedicab through the crowd at the Waverly Farmer’s Market on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. The goal of The Pedicab Project is to engage with different people and learn about Baltimore. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Nugent scouts the area at the Waverly Farmers’ Market for some subjects to give rides in exchange for stories. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Nugent gives a ride to Lauren Going of Ednor Gardens and her 3-year-old daughter Asla. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Nugent gives a ride to Lauren Going of Ednor Gardens and her 3-year-old daughter Asla. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Michelle Nugent lets 3-year-old Alsa ring the bell on her pedicab after giving her and her mother Lauren Going, center, a ride. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)
- Nugent’s friend and housemate Beth Mendenhall, left, helps her put the sign in the pedicab before the two of them make the trek back to Charles Village after two successful interviews. (Jon Sham/Patuxent Homestead)







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Eric
Nov 06, 2012 @ 21:32:23
That pedicab is smaller but definitely more eye-candy than those in the Philippines.