A Simple Means of Transportation
@SIMPLYD (90717)
Philippines
January 27, 2016 9:59pm CST
At our hometown here in the Philippines , as you can see in the picture , we have this bicycle with a side carriage which we call “padyak “ in our Bicolano dialect .
It can bring you to other streets of the town at a cheap price of only 5 pesos or $.11 . If you want to be brought to a far place it can go to as much as 20 pesos ($.11) or more .
Actually , it is also what I ride in the evening when I arrive from the city where I work , to take me to the subdivision in the next town where we live . It costs 10 pesos ($.22) .
I love riding in it because it’s so refreshing after a day’s work and easy to ride . At daytime when you ride one , you can see well the sights as it passes by them .
Such is a simple and cheap means of transportation here in our province for short distances .
Would you like riding this " padyak " too , given the chance ?
What about in your place , what's the cheapest public transport do you have ?
20 people like this
22 responses
@allknowing (153530)
• India
28 Jan 16
Do you ride it yourself or someone rides for you and you sit in the side carriage? The cheapest we have here are the auto rickshaws. The limit is for 3 plus driver.
I remember when I was on holiday a known rickshaw driver took 9 of us!!!!
5 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
28 Jan 16
We ride in the side carriage as you can see in the picture . It can carry 2 persons but of medium built only . 
Oh we have that here also , just a bit longer because it has an 8 person seating capacity . And it only costs 8 pesos or $ .17 per person only .
Oh we have that here also , just a bit longer because it has an 8 person seating capacity . And it only costs 8 pesos or $ .17 per person only .2 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
29 Jan 16
So cheap indeed and so nice to ride for short distances.
Yes, a tricycle costs a bit more specially if you ride alone . Here , when i ride alone from the city to the place where i work , i pay 20 pesos . But if i am not in a hurry because i will already be late , i take the jeep which only costs 8 pesos .
Though , when we ride a tricycle with other people it's only 8 pesos per person . 
Though , when we ride a tricycle with other people it's only 8 pesos per person . 2 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
29 Jan 16
We also have buses here for long distance travels. They are air conditioned and costs much .
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
28 Jan 16
I do not know if I would like to ride, I would feel pity for the poor guy who has to pedal. We tried something similar for fan and It was very hard to pedal. There is nothing like this in our country, the cheapest public transport is the bus $1.00 the cheapest ticket.
2 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
29 Jan 16
The most that it can carry is only two persons but that is seldom and would cost double . And that means it will be hard pedalling indeed .
But for one person , they seem to pedal so easily and they would sometimes be fast , that i will tell them to slow down which they will do .
2 people like this
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
18 Feb 16
It looks an interesting mode of transportation which you call 'padyak'. Here in our city (specially sub-urban areas) similar means of transport is available which is called cycle-rikshaw. It is cheaper option. However, sometimes, due to movement of heavy traffic along side, one feels scared to travel in cycle rikshaw. From safety point of view, it is not very safe.
I am uploading an image. Image courtesy -
transportpolicy2013.blogspot.com
1 person likes this
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
19 Feb 16
@SIMPLYD We have rickshaws which come with a roof. Yes, this is a risky mode of transport in between heavy traffic.
1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
19 Feb 16
@dpk262006 Oh so there's one with a roof . That would be so nice . I would like to ride one , someday .
1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
3 Feb 16
It is really a convenient means of transportation whose strong point is to be able to ride on narrow streets where people can't arrive by taxi .
1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
4 Feb 16
@SIMPLYD I have seen the similar ones when I went to south Chinese provinces on business .Where I live ,there have been rickshaw and tricycle ,now both of them have been replaced by taxi .
1 person likes this
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
23 Feb 16
There you are a bicycle made for two! In India there are many cycle-rickshaws and I have seen some touting fares in London and Paris. I would never wish to ride in the padyak, because I like to be in control.
The cheapest form of public transport in our town is the Bus, if you can stand to spend time waiting for it.
1 person likes this
@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
28 Jan 16
If you are talking about paying for transportation the cheapest here is by city bus. The last I knew it cost $1. But that was several years ago. If you tried riding a padyak down the middle of the street here, like in your photo, you would be ran over. It would be interesting to ride in one.
1 person likes this
@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
29 Jan 16
@SIMPLYD I'm sure I would. The only problem is I have no plans (or money) to go to the Philippines.
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Jan 16
we have the tricycle, my lady. when I want to go home quick, I tell the driver that I will pay P30.00, and he should not get other passengers inside the side car. we also have the horse-driven calesa, but once I rode on a calesa and I paid P8.00, the "kutsero" said that I should pay P30 too because horses, though do not use gasoline or petroleum, eat grasses which they buy "daw".
1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
1 Feb 16
It's a good thing we have these different type of transportation specially when we want to go home quickly .
We also have tricycle , but like you said they ask for a higher fare . So , i always ride the padyak .
But you know when i am feeling mataray and the tricycle would ask for that much , i would say " ANo ka taxi ? " and just look for another ride . 
We also have tricycle , but like you said they ask for a higher fare . So , i always ride the padyak .
But you know when i am feeling mataray and the tricycle would ask for that much , i would say " ANo ka taxi ? " and just look for another ride . 1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Feb 16
@ridingbet Such drivers met their match in us . 
1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Feb 16
@SIMPLYD hahaha! We are the same,my lady. when I want to board a tricycle and pay P30, so the driver can get 2 to ride at his back, and he asks for P40, I would raise my right eyebrow and say " as if I am from another place ah. i will report you to the DTI (or any office)". Immediately the tricycle will zoom away.
1 person likes this
We also have tricycles but they costs much so we are lucky we have these for short distances. 
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
7 Feb 16
Yes, I would like this and think it's a great idea. Gives money to the person who wants to drive it and gives a break to you- ha! I would especially love it since my hip is bad and I don't walk as well as I did. Looks like fun too!
1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
9 Feb 16
@MarymargII You don't have to worry about the driver because they are used to it anyway .
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
7 Feb 16
@SIMPLYD Yes I would enjoy the view but I may get worried about the poor driver-haha!
1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
28 Jan 16
I would like to ride that sometime. Here we have busses, carpooling with people, driving your own means of transportation, taxi (but that's pricey)
1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
28 Jan 16
@SIMPLYD Oh yes, we have apps for taxi and stuff too as taxis aren't very common. We have pedicabs sort of like your transportation but in downtown area.
1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
28 Jan 16
@infatuatedbby really you have sort of pedicab like ours too . I hope once time you can take a picture of it through your sellphone and let us see how it looks like too .
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
29 Jan 16
I would love to ride in one. We have no public transportation where I live, you need a car.
1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
29 Jan 16
Yes, it is really fun to ride in one . You can go around town with it , and see the sights as you can tell the driver to just pedal slowly .
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
28 Jan 16
I love the idea and would use it all the time. It's so much better for the environment. And more fun too.We probably don't see them here because there are too many cars and trucks on the roads. i'm glad you added the photo, I wondered what they looked like.
1 person likes this
