Motorcycle taxi: Difference between revisions

According to some sources, motorcycle taxi service in Brazil began in 1994, in Crateús, in the state of Ceará,<ref>COELHO, Modesto Siebra. A nova onda no transporte urbano: mototáxi. Sobral-CE, Edições UVA, 1997</ref> when an employee of the Bank of Brazil {{clarify span|text=bought 10 bikes for rent, for the transport of personspeople.|reason=This text is improperly worded, obfuscating its meaning.|date=September 2014}} Other sources state that it started in Bauru, São Paulo, in 1996, when an unemployed biker hung a banner across the road to the city, reading "help a biker racing to 1.00 real."{{Citation needed|reason=This statement needs to be supported by a citation to a reliable source.|date=September 2014}} Today, almost all Brazilian cities have motorcycle taxi service.<ref>ETUFOR, 27/04/2010, acesso em 19 de julho de 2011.</ref> Recently, they have appeared in poorer and less urban areas, where young people increasingly support themselves by driving them.