The days when trishaws is a mode of transport is coming to an end. I remember when I was young I travel to school on a trishaw. My father did not own any car in those days.
Today the livelihood of trishaw peddlar has been affected when there are cars, motorcycles and more convenient public transports. In Malacca the government help make this trishaw peddlar keep earn their living by turning trishaws into a tourist commodity. The picture tells all. In Malay the trishaw is called “beca“