北京起先是坐独轮车出门，后来才有的“洋车”。洋车最早是木制车轮，因为颠簸得厉害，几乎没什么人坐。改良成胶皮车轮后，舒适度大大增强，这才逐渐兴盛起来。在大一点儿的胡同口，车夫们等待拉客，喊车的若是生客人，说明要去的地方，他们会算算有多远，开个价，谁觉得合适谁就拉。喊车的若是某位车夫的熟客，绝没人去跟他争，是谁的老主顾就谁拉。

In the early time of Beijing, wheelbarrow was the major means of transportation. Later on,"rickshaw"gradually came into being and became popular. At the beginning, rickshaw was made of wooden wheels. Therefore it was fairly jolting and few people would like to seat on it. Later on, craftsmen replaced the wooden wheels with rubber ones. The upgraded rickshaw became more comfortable. At the entrance of large lanes, the clusters of carters lined up waiting for business. The first time customer had to tell where he or she would like to go. The cart owners calculated the distance and gave a price.It was up to the customer to make a choice. The regular customer would go to the regular cart owner and nobody would compete with him.