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Masitolo sanakumanenso ndi vuto la kuchepa kwa njinga zamoto kuyambira pomwe zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri zakula zikukhudzidwa ndi zovuta zachilengedwe, ndipo misewu yakum'mawa chakum'mawa imakhala yotanganidwa kwambiri kuposa kale.

BELLEVILLE, Osakhala bwino. - Masitolo sanakumanepo ndi vuto la kuchepa kwa njinga zamoto kuyambira pomwe zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri zakula zikukhudzidwa ndi zovuta zachilengedwe, ndipo misewu yakum'mawa chakum'mawa imakhala yotanganidwa kwambiri kuposa kale.

Kugulitsa ma njinga kudakwera mu Marichi chaka chino, pomwe ma coronavirus adatseka malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, malo odyera, malo owonetsera makanema, malo opangira tsitsi ndi makampani osiyanasiyana. Maofesala aboma adasankha ogulitsa njinga ngati "ofunika" pakampani yamagalimoto ndikuwalola kuti azikhala otseguka.

"(Kutchova njinga) ndi njira yosungitsira moyo, ndipo ambiri a ife tapeza nthawi yatsopanoyi m'manja mwawo," atero a Jon Greenstreet, omwe ndi eni ake ogulitsa sitolo ya O'Fallon.

Malo ogulitsira mabokosi akulu akulu akhala akuperekedwa kuchokera panjinga kuyambira Epulo chifukwa amangokhala ndi mafashoni amitengo yotsika mtengo omwe atha kukhala otsogola ndi obwera kumene, Greenstreet adati. Wothandizira wina adamuwuza kuti katundu wake wazaka zonse adatha sabata iliyonse.

Bicycle pamalonda ogulitsa pansi pamalonda ogulitsa njinga nthawi zambiri amakhala amagetsi kapena njinga zam'misewu yayitali komanso njinga zamapiri zomwe zimakhala $ 1,500 mpaka $ 3,000. Mafashoni osiyanasiyana akungoyenda pang'ono panthawi imodzi.

"Tili ndi njinga zambiri paliponse, ndipo tikangolowa, zimaperekedwa mkati mwa masiku angapo, ngati si maola," adatero Greenstreet.

Malo ogulitsira njinga ku Edwardsville, Shiloh ndi Alton atha kusunga njinga zamitundumitundu mosalekeza kuposa ena ogulitsa njinga chifukwa chokhala ndi malo ambiri osungira, atero a Katie Parks.

Cyclery nayenso adakumana ndi kuchepa kwa zida zathanzi panthawi ya mliri wa COVID-19.

Parks adati: "Anthu ena samadziona ngati opanda pake kupita kumalo olimbitsira thupi, nthawi zambiri amafunika kukaphunzitsa nyengo yovuta." "... Mwina kale kuposa momwe analibe malo olimbitsira nyumba kapena zida zomvetsetsera, komabe akufunikira pano."

Invoice DuBois, Fenton, Missouri, wokhalapo yemwe adakwera Nickel Plate Path ya Madison County Transit posachedwa, atha kutsimikizira kufunikira kwakukulu kwa zida zathanzi.

M'mbuyomu nthawi yachilimweyi, amayang'ana mobwerezabwereza Msika wa Fb ndi Craigslist kuti agwiritse ntchito makina opangira kale chifukwa amafunika kugula imodzi yochita izi m'nyengo yozizira osagwiritsa ntchito ma $ $ 1000 a mannequin yatsopano.

"Nthawi iliyonse ndikazindikira wopikisana naye, ndimatha kutumiza maimelo kapena zolemba, ndipo zimatha kale," adatero a DuBois, omwe pamapeto pake adapeza treadmill yomwe wogulitsa wina adachita kubwerera ndipo wogulitsa amadziwikanso.

Njinga zam'mbuyomu ndi zida zathanzi, masitolo ngakhale akhala akuvutikira kupeza zinthu.

"Tidali ndi dzina lina losungiramo njinga zamoto ndipo timafunikira kuti tiziwalimbikitsa ena mwa machubu athu amkati," adatero Parks. “Sanapeze chilichonse.”

Ndemanga zakugwiritsa ntchito njira zamagetsi zakum'mawa chakum'mawa ndizosavuta, komabe mosasintha.

Parks, mwini njinga wokonda njinga, adati misewu ya Madison County Transit "moyenera" yakhala yotanganidwa nthawi yachilimweyi. Adam Litterst, yemwe amakhala mumsewu monse kuchokera ku malo oimikirako magalimoto ku Nickel Plate ku Edwardsville, adamva zomwezi kuchokera kwa yemwe amakhala naye.

"Anati pomwe adayamba kukwera njinga kuti mwina njirazo zadzaza, zochulukirapo kuposa momwe adaziwonera mzaka ziwiri zomwe takhala kuno," adatero Litterst. “Pakhala pali ma bikers ochulukirapo, koma kuwonjezera apo anthu ambiri, akuyenda, kuyenda ndi njinga. Ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu omwe adatsekedwa kwa miyezi ingapo akhala akufunitsitsa kutuluka ndikupanga chinthu chimodzi. ”

A Jennifer Ayres, omwe amakhala pafupi ndi Nickel Plate kummawa kwa Edwardsville, wawonanso anthu ena akuyenda pafupi ndi nyumba yake. Lachitatu, iye ndi mwana wake wamkazi, Isabella ndi Adelin, adakwera njinga kupita ku Dairy Queen.

"Zoyimitsazo zidachitika koyamba, zinali zopanda pake (panjira), komabe zidatha, ndipo tsopano luso layamba," adatero Ayres.

Lisa Zamfir, membala wa Belleville Operating Umembala, wawonanso oyendetsa njinga ena pa MetroBikeLink Path, kuwonjezera pamisewu ndi misewu yoyandikira kumadzulo kwa Belleville. Izi zimawonetsa ana omwe amagwiritsa ntchito njinga zamoto ndi amayi awo ndi abambo, mawonekedwe osazolowereka kale kuposa COVID-19.

Josh Hubbard, kontrakitala yemwe amasamalira malo osamalira malo a St. Clair County Transit District, adati kugwiritsa ntchito misewu yazigawo kwakwezedwa zaka zingapo m'mbuyomu, komabe panali vuto lalikulu chaka chino.

A Ken Sharkey, manejala woyang'anira chigawochi, alandila izi.

"(Njira yothandizira) imathandizidwa ndi ndalama za okhometsa misonkho, ndipo timakonda kuziwona zikugwiritsidwa ntchito mokwanira," adatero. "Timagwira ntchito zambiri pochirikiza ndi kuchisunga bwino."

Anthu omwe akufuna kugula njinga zatsopano ku Illinois amatha kukumana ndi zovuta zomwezo akawoloka Mtsinje wa Mississippi kupita ku Missouri.

A Jim Leach-Ross, omwe adakwera Nickel Plate ndi DuBois Lachitatu, adati mwana wawo wamwamuna adayimitsidwa ndi sitolo ya njinga ku St.

"Adalowa ndikuti, 'Ndiyenera kugula njinga yamoto ndikuwononga $ 500,' ndipo (mlembi) anangoseka," atero a Leach-Ross, aku Creve Coeur, Missouri. "Adati, 'Ngati mukufuna kutaya $ 3,000, ndingakuthandizeni. Mulimonsemo, ayi. '”

Might, Bike Surgeon adaukitsa mwambowu wotchedwa "The Recycle," poyitanitsa chiyembekezo choti adzalengeze njinga zosafunika kuti adzagulitsenso kuti zitha kupatsa ena zosankha zotsika mtengo.

Ogulitsa njinga ngakhale awona kuti adzawonjezera kukonzanso njinga zamasiku omwewo ndi kugulitsa kwakukulu mu nthawi yotentha. Pansi pazochitika zanthawi zonse, chiyembekezo cha Opaleshoni ya Bike chitha kukonzanso mokwanira sabata iliyonse. Tsopano mndandanda wokonzeka wafika mu Okutobala.

Greenstreet adati akumva kukhala wopanda thanzi m'makampani ang'onoang'ono omwe atha kukhala akuvutika chifukwa cha coronavirus, komabe ali womasuka kuwona anthu ena akukwera njinga.

"Tikupanga kuyesera kuthandiza awa a ife kupindula ndi ukatswiri monga momwe angathere kuti achite izi, nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi moyo wabwino komanso wosangalatsa," adatero. "... Kupita kunja ndi kupalasa njinga mosakayikira ndi imodzi mwazinthu zabwino kwambiri zomwe mungathe kuchita."

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Wonjezerani: Belleville Information-Democrat, https://bit.ly/3j7WCzY