It’s hard to miss Benton Stone as he rides around downtown Kansas City on an electric bike hooked up to a bright yellow pedicab, covered with a green, knitted awning.
On this mild Wednesday afternoon in June, his open-air cab includes green hearts and flags that represent the different countries playing in the World Cup, and music blares from a set of the speakers — he’s a one-man party on wheels.
“Would you like a ride?” Stone asks a group of four Dutch fans, dressed head-to-toe in orange, near Union Station…