About the project
The human powered utility vehicle project was initiated by Mike Griffith and Jason Moore in early 2008. Mike is a grounds crewmen and had the desire to use a human powered vehicle instead of the traditional electric and gas powered vehicles used on campus. The two set out together and obtained a grant from the Campus Sustainability Initiative. Mike then spent several months researching vehicles and trying them until he settled on a Pedal Pickup from Main Street Pedicabs. You can see Mike out and about on campus with the vehicle and sometimes he's even pulling a giant toter full of yard debris. Stop and and say hi, he'll probably let you give the trike a try.
News about the project
http://www.dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=11270 http://www.dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=11269
Resources
A copy of the grant submission: hpuv_final.pdf