Bicycle Rickshaw: Symbols of Poverty or future?

I had been to NCR region few times. Earlier (Before joining the current company) I used to be on a Sales/consulting assignment which was 1-2 days. I didn’t had too much of chance to explore NCR region. I preferred staying in Delhi and travel to Noida or Gurgaon. This time I had a chance to stay in Noida for about a week.

Hmmm … the first thing I could notice was bicycle rickshaws and shared autos. There is no proper means of public transport in this region. People here, rely heavily on bicycle rickshaws. Now I am on dual thoughts, if rickshaws run on Indian roads outsiders or even Indians think it is symbol of poverty, bad governance, under development and things like that. But if rickshaws run in developed nations, we think it’s a future, an act of responsible citizens doing their bit to the nature.
Pls comment, I don’t know… if bicycle rickshaws should be forced to go off streets as they cause nuisance on roads as rickshaw wallah’s have very bad road sense or should be allowed to run on roads as they are environment friendly…