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Over the past five years, tuk-tuk prices have soared because of a government ban on importing the vehicle, and the inflation waves that rocked the Arab world’s most populous country. But tuk-tuks are not only a preferred system of transport, they are also a source of income for a large part of the Egyptian population — and the price hikes are crushing many young people’s dreams.
What began as a slogan shared among Facebook users has since morphed into a full-blown, youth-led movement for deep structural changes in the war-torn country.
To deal with daily traffic jams in the Indian city of Jaipur, locals and tourists alike turn to fast and cheap rickshaws that can weave through clogged city streets.
Rickshaw, bajaj, tukxi, maruwa, lapa … From India to Peru, from Pakistan to Nigeria, the three-wheeled mototaxi has many names. But in Thailand, this colorful and chaotic mode of urban transport is just called a tuk-tuk.
Egypt is cracking down on the ubiquitous motorized rickshaws that navigate the capital’s narrow streets.