Coronavirus ya sanya ƙarin kekuna a kan hanyoyin Illinois - Labarai - The Rolla Daily News - Rolla, MO

Shaguna ba su taɓa fuskantar wannan mahimmancin na karancin babur ba tun daga ƙarni na Tasa'in da saba'in da matsalolin al'amuran muhalli suka tinkaho da su, kuma hanyoyin mota masu zuwa zuwa gabashi sun fi kowane lokaci yawa.

BELLEVILLE, Ba lafiya. - Shaguna basu tunkari wannan mahimmancin na karancin babur ba tun bayan ƙaruwar Tasa'in da Takwas wanda al'amuran muhalli suka ingiza shi, kuma titunan metro-gabas sun fi yawa fiye da kowane lokaci.

Babban tallace-tallace na keke ya yi tashin gwauron zabi a cikin Maris na wannan yr, lokacin da coronavirus ya rufe ɗakunan motsa jiki, wuraren cin abinci, gidajen sinima, wuraren gyaran gashi da kamfanoni daban-daban. Jami'an Jiha sun sanya masu sayar da kekuna a matsayin "mahimman" abubuwan kasuwanci na sufuri kuma ya basu damar kasancewa a bude.

"(Biking) wata dabara ce ta adana rayuwa, kuma da yawa daga cikinmu mun taba samun wannan sabon lokacin a tafinsu," in ji Jon Greenstreet, mamallakin wani shagon keken O'Fallon.

Yawancin shagunan katako masu yawa an bayar dasu daga kekuna tun a watan Afrilu sakamakon kawai suna daukar kayan zamani masu rahusa wanda zasu iya zama na zamani da masu shigowa, in ji Greenstreet. Provideraya daga cikin masu ba da sabis ya sanar da shi cewa dukiyar sa ta ragu a cikin mako.

Kekuna duk da haka a babban falon siyarwa a cikin dillalan kekuna galibi lantarki ne ko kuma babban titi da kuma kekunan hawa dutse waɗanda suke darajar $ 1,500 zuwa $ 3,000. Hanyoyi daban-daban suna yawo a cikin 'yan kaɗan a lokaci guda.

Greenstreet ya ce "Mun sake tattara wasu kekuna gaba daya, kuma da zarar mun shiga kekuna, ana ba su cikin kwanaki, idan ba sa'o'i ba."

Shagunan keken keke a Edwardsville, Shiloh da Alton sun sami damar adana kekuna iri-iri a cikin kaya fiye da yadda wasu masu sayar da kekuna ke samu sakamakon samun manyan hajoji a cikin rumbunan adana kayayyaki guda uku, kamar yadda mai kamfanin Katie Parks ya bayyana.

Hakanan Cyclery ya kara fuskantar karancin kayan kiwon lafiya yayin cutar COVID-19.

"Wasu mutane ba sa jin dadin zuwa wurin motsa jiki, galibi suna bukatar atisaye a cikin yanayi mara kyau," in ji Parks. "… Mai yuwuwa tun da farko basu da cibiyar motsa jiki ko kayan kwalliya don fahimta, duk da haka suna bukatar hakan yanzu."

Invoice DuBois, wani Fenton, Missouri, mazaunin da ke hawa Madison County Transit's Nickel Plate Path kwanan nan, na iya tabbatar da yawan buƙatar kayan kiwon lafiya.

A farkon wannan lokacin bazarar, ya kasance yana sake duba Fb Market da Craigslist don amfani da matattakala da aka yi amfani da shi sakamakon yana buƙatar sayan ɗaya don motsa jiki a wannan lokacin hunturu tare da kashe 1000 na {dollars} don sabon mannequin.

"Duk lokacin da na lura da wani dan takara, zan iya yin i-mel ko sakonnin rubutu, kuma ya riga ya tafi," in ji DuBois, wanda a karshe ya sami matattarar amfani bayan da wani mai saye ya goyi baya kuma mai siyarwar da aka sanshi da shi kuma.

Kekunan da suka gabata da kayan kiwon lafiya, shaguna ma suna da abubuwan samun matsala.

"Muna da wani shagon sayar da keken ya sanya mana suna kuma muna bukatar mu tallata musu 'yan bututunmu na ciki," in ji Parks. "Ba su iya samun ko ɗaya ba."

Bayani game da haɓakar hanyar metro-gabas da aka ɗauka abu ne mai wahala, duk da haka koyaushe.

Parks, mai sha'awar keken, ya bayyana cewa hanyoyin Madison County "tabbas" sun fi wannan lokacin bazara. Adam Litterst, wanda ke zaune a duk hanyar daga yankin motar Nickel Plate da ke Edwardsville, ya ji irin wannan lamarin daga mai dakinsa.

Litterst ya ce "Ya bayyana cewa lokacin da ya fara keken keke a cikin Meth cewa hanyoyin sun cika, fiye da yadda ya taba ganinsu a cikin shekaru biyu da muke zaune a nan." “Akwai masu yawa bike da yawa, amma ban da goyon baya yawanci, yawo, aiki da kuma kan babura. Na yi imanin mutanen da aka ba su hadin kai na 'yan watanni sun himmatu kawai su samu waje su yi abu daya. ”

Jennifer Ayres, wacce ke zaune kusa da Nickel Plate a gabashin Edwardsville, ta lura da karin goyon baya da ke tafiya a kusa da gidanta. A ranar Laraba, ita da 'yarta, Isabella da Adelin, sun hau kekuna zuwa wurin Sarauniyar Dahuwa.

"Lokacin da rufewar ya fara faruwa, ya kasance ya kasance (a kan hanya), amma sai ya mutu, kuma yanzu an fara koyarwa," in ji Ayres.

Lisa Zamfir, memba a kungiyar Belleville Operating Memba, ta ga karin masu keke a kan Hanyar MetroBikeLink, ban da tituna da titunan da ke gefen unguwar ta ta yammacin Belleville. Wannan yana nuna yara masu amfani da kekuna tare da mahaifiyarsu da mahaifinsu, wani abin birgewa fiye da COVID-19.

Josh Hubbard, dan kwangila wanda ke aikin gyara shimfidar wuri da kula da gundumar St Clair County Transit District, ya bayyana cewa amfani da hanyoyin gundumomi ya bi mataki zuwa mataki ya daukaka shekarun da suka gabata, amma duk da haka akwai babban tashin hankali wannan shekara.

Ken Sharkey, manajan gundumar, ya yi maraba da bayanin.

"(Tsarin hanyar) yana tallafawa ta tsabar biyan masu biyan haraji, kuma mun fi so mu ga an yi amfani da shi ta yadda ya kamata," in ji shi. "Muna yin ayyuka da dama wadanda suke ci gaba da kiyaye shi a cikin kyakkyawan yanayi."

Mutanen da ke neman sayen sabbin kekuna a cikin Illinois na iya fuskantar kalubale iri daya a yayin da suka tsallaka Kogin Mississippi zuwa Missouri.

Jim Leach-Ross, wanda ya hau Nickel Plate tare da DuBois a ranar Laraba, ya bayyana cewa dan nasa ya tsayar da wani shagon keken na St.

"Ya shiga ya ce, 'Ina bukatar sayen babur in kashe kusan $ 500,' sai (magatakardar) ya yi dariya kawai," in ji Leach-Ross, na Creve Coeur, Missouri. "Ya ce, 'Idan kuna son kashe $ 3,000, zan iya taimaka muku. A kowane yanayi, a'a. '”

A cikin Might, Likitan Keke ya tayar da wani lokaci da aka sani da “The Recycle,” yana kiran masu zuwa don sanar da kekunan da ba a so don sake siyarwa don haka zai iya ba da zaɓi na ƙananan kuɗi ga wasu.

Har ila yau, masu sayar da keken za su karu a gyaran keke guda-rana da kuma wadatar da tallace-tallace a wannan lokacin bazara. Circumstancesarƙashin al'amuran yau da kullun, mai yiwuwa Likitan Likita na Keke zai iya samun ƙarin ingantattun gyare-gyare a kowane mako. Yanzu jerin shirye-shirye suna gudana zuwa Oktoba.

Greenstreet ya ce yana jin rashin lafiya ga ƙananan kamfanoni daban-daban waɗanda ke iya wahala saboda cutar coronavirus, duk da haka yana da kwanciyar hankali don ganin ƙarin mutane sun ɗauki keke.

"Muna kokarin taimaka wa wadannan mu mu amfana da kwarewa ta yadda za mu ci gaba da yin hakan, yawanci suna kiyaye ingantacciyar hanyar rayuwa mai ci gaba," in ji shi. "… Samun waje da keken keke babu shakka ɗayan lamuran lafiya ne da za ku iya yi."

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Wadata: Bayanin Belleville-Democrat, https://bit.ly/3j7WCzY