Coronavirus imayendetsa akuluakulu aku UK kuti alandire magetsi oyendetsa magetsi

Ma scooter amagetsi a 1000 ali okonzeka kugunda misewu yaku Britain mkati mwa milungu ikubwerayi, pambuyo poti mliri wa coronavirus udakakamiza akuluakulu aboma kuthana ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mayendedwe.

Mizinda ikuluikulu komanso makhonsolo ambiri ku England, Scotland ndi Wales akhala akukambirana ndi mabungwe akunyumba yamagetsi komanso apadziko lonse lapansi chifukwa chogawa magawano kukonza njira kwa ziwembu zanthawi yotentha. Mayeso ali kale m'munsi mwa Tees Valley mkati mwa North East ndi Milton Keynes.

Lachinayi, West Midlands yalengeza za chiwembu chofunikira kwambiri koma, pulani yomwe pamapeto pake idzawona magalimoto a 10,000 m'misewu ya Birmingham, Coventry ndi Wolverhampton, imodzi mwazomwe zimayendetsa njinga zamoto mu mzinda uliwonse padziko lino lapansi.

“Zonsezi zikuchitika munthawi yochepa. Tachoka munyengo ya nkhono ku UK kuti tisinthe mwachangu kwambiri, "atero a Paul Hodgins, wamkulu waboma la Ginger woyambitsa njinga yamoto ku UK.

"Panali chidwi chosaneneka kuchokera kwa akuluakulu aku UK," atero a Philip Ellis, wamkulu wa boma la Beryl, wogawana nawo njinga omwe atha kuyambitsa ma e-scooter awo oyamba ku Norwich.

Mlandu waku West Midlands mwina uchitidwa ndi Voi, woyambitsa njinga yamoto ku Sweden. A Fredrik Hjelm, wamkulu wa boma la Voi, adati mgwirizanowu ndi "waukulu kwambiri womwe tidawona padziko lonse lapansi".

Magalimoto mazana ochepa okha adzayambitsidwa koyamba. "Ku Birmingham mukufuna mazana m'misewu kuti azigwiritsa ntchito mayendedwe, komabe kutulutsa kokhazikika ndi njira imodzi yosavuta," adatero.

Komabe pomwe ogwiritsa ntchito njinga zamoto padziko lonse lapansi ngati Lime, Hen, Tier ndi Voi, kuwonjezera pa gulu la omwe akupikisana nawo ku UK, akungokhalira kunena kuti msika waukulu kwambiri ku Europe sudzatsegulidwa, omenyera ufulu wawo ena amadandaula kuti zisokonezeke Kutsutsana komwe kwatengera mawonekedwe a magalimoto m'mizinda padziko lonse lapansi zaka ziwiri zapitazi.

Mabungwe aku scooter akudzikonzekeretsa kuti abweretse zoopsa zomwe zingachitike. “Yambitsani chinthu chonga ichi, pali gawo lina la anthu wamba lomwe silikusangalala nalo. . . Mosakayikira sipewedwa, ”atero a Ellis.

Komabe amakhulupirira kuti dongosolo la Britain limapatsa oyang'anira maboma "oyang'anira ambiri" kuposa kwina kulikonse, chifukwa ma scooter omwe siaboma ndiwosaloledwa. "Pokhapokha ngati inu monga oyendetsa ntchito mwakhala awiriwiri ndi woyang'anira dera, simutha kuyendetsa njinga zamotozo," adatero.

"Kwenikweni ikhala ntchito yoyendetsedwa bwino kwambiri ndi malamulo apamwamba kuposa msika wina ku Europe," atero a Hjelm, omwe ma scooter awo ali kale m'mizinda 45 mdziko lonseli.

Chiyembekezo cha akuluakulu aku UK ndikuti ma e-scooter atheketsa anthu owonjezera kubwerera kuntchito kuti asadzaze masitima apamtunda ndi mabasi, kuyika chiopsezo ku Covid-19 matenda, ndikuphatikizanso kuphatikizika kwa mumsewu kapena mpweya wopangidwa ndi magalimoto.

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Dongosolo la West Midlands ndi amodzi mwa ma UK omwe adzapatsidwe wogulitsa m'modzi, kusiyanitsa pakati pa msika waku UK ndi mizinda yosiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi komwe mabungwe ochepa nthawi zina amapikisana.

"Ndizachilendo ku Europe kuwona njira yodziyimira payokha," atero a Patrick Studener, wamkulu wa Europe, Center East ndi Africa for Hen, yemwe adachita nawo masewera a njinga zamoto ku California mu 2017. "Sindikuganiza kuti [aboma] anaphunzitsa zambiri. ”

A Hodgins, omwe kampani yawo ya Ginger idakhazikitsa dongosolo loyamba ku England, kudera lakumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Tees Valley, adati akuchita nawo gawo kuti "akuluakulu aboma ambiri akufuna wogulitsa m'modzi", chifukwa zidapangitsa kuti zikhale zolimba pakumenya mbadwa zatsopano opanga masewera kuti akweze.

“Nkhani yake ndiyakuti, bizinesi yaku UK ikungotseguka pakadali pano. Silicon Valley ndi ogulitsa ku Europe adayamba zaka ziwiri, ”adatero.

A Beryl a A Ellis adatinso oyendetsa ndege oyendetsa miyezi 12, osakanikirana ndi chiyembekezo chotsimikizika kuti boma liziwathandiza kupititsa patsogolo ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali, zimapangitsa kuti mabungwe ang'onoang'ono apikisane.

"Pali [mzinda] umodzi kapena iwiri yomwe tasankha kuti tisayitanitse chifukwa cha ndalama zomwe zingagwire ntchito zitha kukhala zabwino kwambiri pangano la miyezi 12," adatero.

M'mizinda yambiri, ochita mpikisano akhala akukulira. Mabungwe opitilira khumi ndi awiri anali kumenyera mgwirizano ku West Midlands koyambirira kuposa omwe adapatsidwa Voi, atero a Hjelm.

"Pomaliza, amadziwika kuti amakhala ndi omwe amathandizira kuti athe kugwira bwino ntchito m'derali," adatero. "Simungapeze zinthu zamisala zomwe mwaziwona, mwachitsanzo, ku Paris komwe oyendetsa 10 akhala akulimbana nawo pamsika, ndikulimbana mpaka kufa. . . Palibe amene anali kupeza ndalama. ”

Paris idawoneka chifukwa msika waukulu kwambiri wama e-scooter padziko lapansi. Likulu laku France osati kale kwambiri zilolezo zoperekedwa ku Lime-based Lime, Tier Mobility waku Germany komanso woyendetsa ndege waku France Dott akuyembekeza kubweretsa bata ku mzinda waukulu womwe udadzaza ndi magalimoto opitilira 20,000.

Mabungwe ku England konse, kuwonjezera pa ogwira ntchito, akuti adzaphunzitsidwa kuchokera pazolakwika izi.

Lawrence Leuschner, wamkulu waboma ku Tier ku Berlin, adati bizinesiyo inali "yokhwima" tsopano kuposa miyezi 12 kapena iwiri yapitayo. “Tikukhazikitsa ndi magalimoto apamwamba kwambiri. Ndife okonza geofcing, malo oyenera kuyimika magalimoto ndi chitetezo, ”adatero.

Ngakhale zili choncho, izi sizinachepetse mantha omwe akuchita zachitetezo ambiri.

Royal Nationwide Institute of Blind Individuals yadziwitsa komiti yoyendetsa ntchito zaboma mu Julayi kuti zimakhudzidwa ndi ma e-scooter omwe adathamangitsidwa kukagulitsa posaganizira za "chiopsezo chenicheni" champhamvu cha anthu akhungu komanso owonera pang'ono kuti ayendetse Kuzungulira bwinobwino, ndikupunthwa kwama scooter oimikidwa panjira.

"E-scooter ndizovuta kwambiri kwa anthu akhungu kapena omwe ali ndi vuto lowonera kuti awone ndikumvera," atero a Eleanor Thompson, wamkulu wazofalitsa ku RNIB. "Magalimoto amenewa atha kuloledwa kuyenda ma liwiro a 15.5mph ndipo atha kukhala olemera, chifukwa chake tili ndi mavuto okhudza ngozi zomwe zingachitike ndi oyenda pafupi kapena akhungu."

Misewu Yokhalamo, bungwe lachifundo ku UK lomwe limayesetsa kuyenda, akuwonjezeranso kuti likuwopa chitetezo cha oyenda pansi. "Sitikuwona kuti zida zomangamanga zili m'malo kuti zithandizire ma e-scooter," atero a Tanya Braun, wamkulu wazofalitsa ku Dwelling Streets. "[Tili] okhudzidwa kuti ndi malo okhala ndi msewu wokwanira, anthu adzapezeka akutolera pamsewu."

Nkhani zoyambirira kuchokera kwa woyendetsa ndege wa Ginger ku Teeside sizinathandize kwenikweni kuti athetse mavutowa. Makasitomala ena achichepere amayesera kuyenda ndi ma scooter a Ginger panjira yothamanga kwambiri yamapasa ndi malo ogulitsira.

"Pali zabwino ndi zovuta zoyambira poyamba," a Ginger a Hodgins adatero. "Mumakhala ndi okwera angapo osasamala." M'masabata otsatirawa, adati kuwononga zinthu kudali "kotsika".