Auto rickshaw

Cruise passengers disembarking at Greece's ports of call will soon have the option of catching a ride in an auto rickshaw, also known as a tuk-tuk and common in many Asian countries.

The comfortable, modern tuk-tuks expected to debut in Greece represent an environmentally friendly alternative mode of transport to buses or traditional taxi cabs.

A “bicycle taxi”, known as a three-wheeler or “tuk-tuk” in some countries, has attracted attention after being introduced in the northwestern Turkish province of Kırklaerli.

Ja Du, born a white male named Adam, now considers himself a Filipino. Turns out the purple ride he drives around in is called a Tuk Tuk, an Asian-derived vehicle used for public transit in the Philippines he says.
Ja Du is part of a small, but growing community of people who consider themselves transracial. It refers to someone born one race, but identifies with another.

In Egypt, where many suffer under economic hardship, 35-year-old entrepreneur Ahmed Saeed el-Feki has been working hard to make something of himself. He has launched his own business building a minicar in a country that relies heavily on imports of small automobiles.

When the Çimtaş Group was first established in China in 2002, employing more than 450 Chinese nationals over time, one of their employees' main problems was the robbing of their second or third-hand bicycles.
 

They're ubiquitous in Asia, swarming the bustling streets of Bangkok, New Delhi and Beijing.
     
Now, a company that manufactures the tuk-tuk - the three-wheeled motorized rickshaws that have moved the masses for more than half a century - aims to make inroads in the United States.