Ma scooter amagetsi akulanda aku America

Kukonda kapena kudana nawo, oyatsira magetsi ali paliponse - akumayenda m'misewu yamizinda ndikuyenda panjira, kukhumudwitsidwa kwa oyenda pansi ndi oyendetsa omwe akuyenera kugawana msewu.

Ndipo tsopano apeza njinga zama-station ngati njira yotchuka kwambiri yogawana kunja kwamaulendo ndi magalimoto ku US

Malinga ndi lipoti latsopano lomwe Lachitatu lidatulutsidwa ndi Akuluakulu a National Association of City Transportation Officials, okwera pamalopo adatenga maulendo 38.5 miliyoni pa zikwangwani zamagetsi zomwe zidagawidwa mu 2019, zomwe zikuyenda maulendo 36.5 miliyoni omwe adakwera njinga zomwe zidagawidwa.

Okwera nawo adakwera ma njinga 3 miliyoni osasunthika, omwe amatha kunyamulidwa ndikutsikira paliponse, ndipo njinga zamagetsi 6.5 miliyoni sizikuyenda bwino mu 2019, koma lipotilo likuti ziwerengero zikuchepa.

Chimodzi mwazomwe zikukula mwachangu kwa ma scooters: makampani akuyesetsa kuthana ndi mayendedwe otchedwa micromobility Revolution, pomwe ogula akukula ma Scooters ndi mabasiketi maulendo ataliatali ndikufufuza njira zina za umwini zamagalimoto zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi kupezeka kwa ma smartphones.

Othamanga adatenga maulendo mamiliyoni 84 pautumiki wa micromobility mu 2019, ochulukitsa kuwirikiza chiwiri kuyambira chaka chathachi, malinga ndi malipoti. Ma scooters amagetsi anathandizira kuyendetsa njirayi, pomwe 85,000 yaiwo idagwiritsidwa ntchito pagulu ku US poyerekeza ndi ma njinga 57,000 okhala ndi station.

Kunena zowona, makampani opanga ma scooter amakumana ndi mavuto kuchokera mbali zonse, kuphatikizapo kuwonongeka kwa zinthu, kuba, kuvulala kwa okwera, mpikisano waukulu komanso malamulo ankhanza m'mizinda mdziko lonselo.

Komabe makampaniwa akupitilizabe kugwira ntchito, makampani opanga maulendo ataliatali komanso opanga magalimoto akale amathira mamiliyoni a madola mabizinesi omwe angoyamba kumene.

Kites Fillin-Yeh, oyang'anira njira ku National Association for City Transportation Offices, a Kate Fillin-Yeh, omwe amagwiritsa ntchito poyambira njinga.

"M'chaka ndi theka chathachi, nyamayo ndi yosiyana kwambiri," adatero. "Makampani ena nthawi zina akufuna kumenyerana pamsika."

Opanga magalimoto ndi makampani omwe akukwera maulendo akunyalanyaza, ndipo ena apanga masewerawa awo mlengalenga ali ndi zikhumbo zazikulu kuposa okweza okha.

Uber adagula Jump Bikes, njinga yamagetsi ndi scooter yomwe imagwira ntchito m'mizinda pafupifupi 30, ndipo chaka chatha idayika $ 100 miliyoni ku Lime, yomwe ili m'mizinda yoposa XNUMX padziko lonse lapansi.

Ford, yomwe idagula kampani ya Spooter Spin mu Novembala, idati kufalitsa ma scooters zamagetsi kudzathandiza kampaniyo pomaliza kuyendetsa magalimoto olimbitsa thupi pomanga ubale wovuta ndi mizinda ya US pamene ikugwira ntchito limodzi popanga malamulo ndikumanga magwiridwe antchito.

Ngati zikuwoneka ngati ma scooters amagetsi adangotuluka usiku, ndiye chifukwa adatero. Makampani angapo adagawa m'mizinda yonse popanda chilolezo kapena chilolezo, kukumbutsa akuluakulu am'deralo za makampani oyendetsa maulendo ngati Uber adakhazikitsidwa m'misika yawo zaka zapitazo osachenjeza.

Koma mizinda idaphunzira kuchokera ku zomwe zidachitikirazi ndipo zakhala zikuvutitsa kwambiri kuyendetsa ma scooters. Mwachitsanzo, San Francisco adathamangitsa Mbalame, Lime ndi Spin ndikukhazikitsa mpikisano wazilolezo, pomaliza, powapatsa mwayi kwa Scoot ndi Scip komanso kuwerengera kuchuluka kwa osewera omwe amatha kutumiza. New York City simalola scooters wamagetsi omwe agawana, ngakhale kuti malamulo akhazikitsidwa kuti asinthe malamulo.

Monga momwe mungagwiritsire ntchito kumeneko, mizinda yambiri ikufuna makampani a scooter kuti agawane magulu awo azidziwitso zamalo omwe akuwonetsa komwe ma scooter ali ndi njira zomwe amapita. Izi zitha kukhala zofunikira kukonza njira zamayendedwe a njinga ndi malo okwerera kapena kumvetsetsa njira zamagalimoto.

Zimafunsanso mafunso okhudza chinsinsi cha ogwiritsa ntchito. Zambiri zomwe zidaperekedwa kumizinda sizimalumikizidwa ndi mayina, maimelo kapena zambiri zodziwikiratu, koma "mukatenga malo okwanira a GPS ndikuyamba kupeza zigawo zina za data, utha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kuzindikira anthu," atero Regina Clewlow, CEO of Populus, kampani yomwe imathandizira mizinda kupeza chitetezo chazidziwitso ndikulinganiza ndikutchingira zachinsinsi.

"Ngati mutu wanu ukugunda konkriti pamtunda wa maola 20 pa ola limodzi, simudzuka," atero a Christopher Ziebell, wamkulu wa chipinda chachipatala ku Dell Seton Medical Center ku Austin. "Matayilo amenewa amakhala ndi matayala ang'onoang'ono, motero pamafunika zambiri kuti wokwera ndege aziuluka."

Otsatira ena amafunsa kuti zomwe zimachitika ndi magetsi zidzatenga nthawi yayitali bwanji. Katswiri wofufuza za magalimoto mu Veteran, a Maryann Keller, akuti zomwe mabungwe ena opanga scooter amakamba zimanenedwa ngati zabodza. Scooters ndi bizinesi yofunika kwambiri, ndipo pali njira zochepa kusiyanitsa ndi mitundu ya omwe akupikisana nawo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti makampani azidziwika bwino, adatero.

"Zinthu zazing'ono izi zimabwera ndikupita," anatero Keller.

Kwa iwo omwe akufuna kuti fositi ya scooter ipite, atha kudikirira pang'ono.