Hoʻokele ʻo Coronavirus i nā luna o UK e ʻapo i nā scooter uila

Hoʻomākaukau ʻia nā scooter uila he 1000 e kū i nā alanui Beritania i loko o nā pule e hiki mai ana, ma hope o ka hoʻohuli ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus i nā luna ʻōiwi e hana me nā ʻano o ka lawe.

Kūkākūkā nā kakini o nā kūlanakauhale a me nā ʻahaʻāina ʻōiwi a puni ʻEnelani, Sekotia a me Wale me nā hui scooter uila uila home a lehulehu no ke kumu o ka mokuahana. hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke ala no nā hoʻolālā ma ke kau kau. Aia ma lalo nā hoʻokolohua ma lalo o ke ala ʻo Tees Valley ma waena o North East a me Milton Keynes.

Ma ka Pōʻahā, e hoʻolaha ana ka West Midlands i ka papahana nui loa akā, kahi hoʻolālā e ʻike paha ma hope o 10,000 autos ma nā alanui o Birmingham, Coventry a me Wolverhampton, kekahi o nā mea lawe scooter nui loa i kēlā me kēia wahi o ke kūlanakauhale ma kēia honua.

"Ke loli nei kēlā mea āpau i kahi manawa pōkole. Ua hele mākou mai ka tempo snail i loko o UK e hoʻololi wikiwiki loa, ”i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Paul Hodgins, ke aliʻi nui o ka hoʻomaka ʻo Ginger scooter UK.

"Ua ulu aʻe ka hoihoi i loko o ka manaʻo o ka UK mai nā mana o UK," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Philip Ellis, ke aliʻi nui o Beryl, kahi ʻāpana kaʻanalike kaʻa e hoʻomaka koke ai i kāna mau e-scooter mua ma Norwich.

E hoʻokō ʻia paha ka hoʻokolokolo ma West Midlands e Voi, ka hoʻomaka scooter Suedena. Ua haʻi ʻo Fredrik Hjelm, ke aliʻi nui o Voi, ʻo ka ʻaelike “ʻo ia ka mea nui loa a mākou i ʻike ai ma ka honua”.

Kekahi mau haneli autos e hoʻomaka i ka mua. "Ma Birmingham makemake ʻoe i mau haneli ma nā alanui e lilo i lawelawe lawelawe halihali maoli, akā ʻo kahi rollout staggered kekahi o nā ala maʻalahi loa," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Eia nō naʻe ʻo nā mea hoʻokele scooter multinational e like me Lime, Hen, Tier a me Voi, me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea hoʻokūkū hou loa o UK, ke ʻume nei lākou i ka manaʻolana o ka mākeke nui loa ʻole o ʻEulopa i wehe mua ʻia, hopohopo kekahi mau mea hoʻolaha palekana i ka hana hou ʻana o nā haunaele a ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i lawe i ka autos 'nānā i nā kūlanakauhale ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala.

Ke hoʻomākaukau nei nā hui scooter iā lākou iho no kahi backlash hiki. "E neʻe i kahi mea e like me kēia, aia kahi mea o ka lehulehu e leʻaleʻa me ia. . . He kanalua ʻole ia ʻaʻole e pale ʻia, ”i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Mr Ellis.

Eia nō naʻe manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ka hoʻolako ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana Pelekane i nā luna ʻōiwi "ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokele" ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe, ma muli o ke ʻano kū ʻole o nā scooter ponoʻī ke kānāwai. "Inā ʻoe i hui pū ʻia me kahi mea lawelawe me kahi mana o kahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke waiho i nā scooter i lalo i kekahi ʻano," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"Ma ke ʻano he rollout hoʻomalu hou ʻia me nā lula kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma mua o kekahi mākeke ʻē aʻe ma ʻEulopa," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Mr Hjelm, nona nā scooter ma 45 mau kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.

ʻO ka manaolana o nā luna UK he hiki i nā e-scooter ke hiki i nā poʻe ke hoʻi hou i kahi hana me ka hele ʻole o nā lehulehu i nā kaʻaahi a me nā kaʻa pahi, e hoʻoweliweli ana iā Covid-19 i kahi maʻi, a me waho e pili ana i ka huikau o ke alanui a i ʻole nā ​​hoʻokuʻu i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kaʻa.

ʻAʻole ʻoe i loaʻa nā mea pupule āu i ʻike ai, no ka laʻana, ma Palisa kahi e hakakā nei nā mea hana 10 no ka mahele mākeke, a e hakakā ana kekahi i kekahi a hiki i ka make ʻana.

ʻO ke kumumanaʻo West Midlands kekahi o nā helu āpau o loko o UK e hāʻawi ʻia i hoʻokahi mea hoʻolako, kahi ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka mākeke UK a me nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole ma ka honua āpau kahi kahi e hoʻokūkū ai nā hui i kekahi manawa.

"He mea maʻamau ia ma ʻEulopa ke ʻike i ka hoʻolālā monopoli," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Patrick Studener, ke poʻo o ʻEulopa, ka Center East a me ʻApelika no Hen, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka scooter e kaʻana like ana ma Kaleponi i ka makahiki 2017. "ʻAʻole au e manaʻo aʻo ʻia e like me ka nui. ”

ʻO Mr Hodgins, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻo Ginger i hoʻokumu i ka papahana mua o ʻEnelani, ma loko o ka ʻākau a hikina o ke awāwa ʻo Tees Valley, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua pili ʻo ia ka "hapa nui o nā luna ʻōiwi e hele nei no hoʻokahi mea hoʻolako", nā mea pāʻani e hoʻonui i luna.

"ʻO ka pilikia, ke hihi ʻole nei ka ʻoihana UK e wehe nei i kēia manawa. Ua hoʻomaka ka Silicon Valley a me nā mea hoʻolako ʻEulopa i kahi poʻo makahiki ʻelua mau makahiki, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ua haʻi ʻo Mr Ellis ʻo Beryl i ka pailaka mua he 12 mau mahina, i hui pū ʻia me ka wī o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki ai i ke aupuni pekelala ke hoʻohana i ka wā lōʻihi, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā hui liʻiliʻi e hoʻokūkū.

"He hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha [kūlanakauhale] a mākou i koho ai ʻaʻole e noi no ka hopena o ka nui o ke kālā e pono ai e hana hiki ke lilo i mea maikaʻi loa no ka ʻaelike 12 mahina," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

I ka hapa nui o nā kūlanakauhale, ikaika ka poʻe hoʻokūkū. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻoihana he ʻumikūmākahi e ʻimi nei no ka ʻaelike West Midlands ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana iā Voi, i ʻōlelo ʻia e Mr Hjelm.

"Ma ka hope loa makemake nui lākou i hoʻokahi mea hui e lawe i kahi kūlana i loko o ka wahi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "ʻAʻole ʻoe i loaʻa nā mea pupule āu i ʻike ai, ma kahi laʻana, ma Palisa kahi e hakakā nei nā mea hana 10 no ka mahele mākeke, a e hakakā ana kekahi i kekahi a hiki i ka make ʻana. . . ʻAʻohe mea nāna e ola. ”

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Paris ma muli o ka mākeke e-scooter ʻoi loa o ka honua. ʻO ke kapena Palani ma mua loa hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻae iā Silicon Valley-based Lime, Kelemānia Tier Mobility a me ka mea hana Palani ʻo Dott i loko o ka manaʻolana e lawe i ke kauoha i kahi kūlanakauhale nui i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 20,000 autos.

ʻO nā ʻaha kūkā a puni ʻo ʻEnelani, a me nā mea lawelawe, ʻōlelo lākou e aʻo ʻia lākou mai kēia mau kuhi hewa.

ʻO Lawrence Leuschner, ke aliʻi nui o Berlin-based Tier, ua ʻōlelo ʻo "ʻoi aku ka mākua" o kēia ʻoihana ma mua o 12 mau mahina a i ʻole ʻelua i hala. “Ke hoʻouka nei mākou me nā autos ʻoi aku ka nui. Maikaʻi mākou e pili ana i ka geofencing, nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa a me ka palekana, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole ia i hōʻoluʻolu i ka makaʻu o nā mea hoʻolaha palekana.

Ua hōʻike aku ka Royal Nationwide Institute of Blind Individuals i ke kōmike hoʻokele aupuni o ke aupuni pekelala i Iulai e pili ana i nā e-scooters i ka wikiwiki i ka mākeke me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole ʻana i ka "hoʻoweliweli maoli a me ka weliweli maoli" i ka mana o nā kānaka makapō a ʻike maka hapa hoʻi e hoʻokele. poepoe palekana, me ka hemo ʻana i nā scooter i hoʻokau ʻia ma nā pavement.

"He pilikia nui nā E-scooter no ka poʻe makapō a ʻike maka paha e ʻike a hoʻolohe ai," i ʻōlelo ʻo Eleanor Thompson, ke poʻo o ka uhi ʻana ma RNIB. "E ʻae ʻia paha kēia mau kaʻa [i] e huakaʻi me ka wikiwiki o 15.5mph a kaumaha paha, no laila ua loaʻa mākou i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka makaʻu o nā hoʻokuʻi me nā poʻe hele wāwae makapō a ʻike maka paha."

ʻO nā Alanui Dwelling, kahi hui aloha o UK e hoʻouka kaua nei no ka holoholo ʻana, ʻōlelo pū kekahi makaʻu no ka palekana hele wāwae. "ʻAʻole mākou e noʻonoʻo i kahi pono kūpono i kahi e kōkua ai i nā e-scooter," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Tanya Braun, ke poʻo o ka uhi ma Dwelling Streets. "Pili mākou [i] me ka lawa kūpono o ke alanui i koho ʻia, e ʻike ana kēlā me kēia iā ʻoe iho e ʻokiʻoki ana ma ke alanui."

ʻAʻole i hana iki nā moʻolelo o ka pailaka a Ginger ma Teeside e hōʻemi i kēia mau pilikia. Ua hoʻāʻo kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku ʻōpio e huakaʻi i nā scooter o Ginger ma ke ala kaʻa māhoe wikiwiki a me nā kikowaena kūʻai.

"Aia nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā hemahema o ka hele mua," wahi a Ginger's Mr Hodgins. "Loaʻa iā ʻoe i mau helu o nā holo holomua." I loko o nā pule aʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he "haʻahaʻa" ka nui o ka vandalism.