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San Antonio ikukufunsani malo oti muyikepo misewu yatsopano njinga
Zaka khumi zapitazo, kafukufuku wapadziko lonse wapa njinga zamzindawu adayika San Antonio m'gulu lachitatu kumbuyo kwa mizinda 50 yayikulu kwambiri yaku US pamiyeso yonga kufa kwa munthu aliyense, mayendedwe apanjinga zamtunda ndi gawo la anthu omwe amapalasa njinga kugwira ntchito - izi metropolis, gawo limodzi mwa magawo khumi a 1 pc
Pakadali pano, misewu yama njinga amtunda yayonjezedwa ndipo njinga yamoto yayikulu / woyenda wapansi ("oyendetsa oyenda pansi") wakhala akugwira ntchito chaka chonse. Komabe oyendetsa njinga zamoto ambiri amaganiza kuti anthu oyendetsa galimoto ku San Antonio ndiosakanikirana komanso ovulaza alendo. Misewu yanjinga, kuyenda njinga yamagetsi yamagetsi yamagetsi.
Tsopano Public Works Division ikufuna anthu kuti agwiritse ntchito tsamba lawo latsopanoli, lodziwitsa anthu tawuniyi, mwazinthu zosiyanasiyana, makamaka malo omwe akuyenera kupanga njinga zamabasiketi, ndalama zomwe zimavomerezedwa ndi ovota mu pulogalamu ya 2017.
Chofunika kwambiri, yemwe amatchulidwa kuti mfumu ya njinga, a Timothy Hayes, akulowa m'malo mwa anthu posankha makilomita 4 mpaka 6 akumatawuni ndi pakatikati pomwe oyendetsa njinga amafunika kuwona njinga zatsopano.
Mpaka pa Seputembara 30, anthuwa atha kupita ku surveymonkey.com/r/SABikes kuti akawone kuchuluka kwamakonde osankhidwa a 21 ndikusankha omwe akuganiza kuti akuyenera kukhala zofunika kwambiri, adatero. Madola angapo miliyoni-theka aperekedwa pantchito yachitukuko, adati, yomwe itha kupanga misewu yama njinga yamoto, yonse yamizere kapena yotetezedwa ndi zokhotakhota, ndi njira zapaki.
"Sindikuganiza kuti ndimva zodabwitsa zambiri," adatero Hayes mokweza mawu zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti alandire malingaliro ambiri kuchokera kwa oyenda nawo njinga. Amakwera njinga m'mawa uliwonse m'mawa uliwonse kudzera m'makwalala a misewu ya Flores Road.
Kusankha komwe mungakonze kapena kusankha njinga yamoto yamagalimoto sikuyenera kukhala kophweka pozindikira ngati pali makasitomala owoneka bwino komanso malo oyenera komwe angafunikire kupita. Nthawi zambiri tawuni ili ndi ufulu wololeza kwambiri pamisewu yosankhidwa, ndipo makampani ndi nzika safuna kutaya magalimoto pamisewu yomwe mwina imasokonezedwa ndi njinga yamoto.
"Tiyenera kupanga zisankho zowona mtima komanso zoyenerera aliyense," anatero a Hayes, mainjiniya omwe adalembedwa ntchito ku 2019 kuchokera mgulu la Transportation & Capital Enhancements Division, lomwe pano limatchedwa Public Work.
Ntchito ina yomwe akuyembekeza kuti kafukufukuyu adzazindikira kuti ndi misewu iti yomwe iyenera kuyikidwa pa "njira yayikulu yochepetsera kunenepa," ndiyo kudula misewu yayikulu inayi m'misewu itatu yokhala ndi msewu wapakati, njira yokondedwa kwambiri mabwalo omwe kafukufuku wapaboma angathetse ngozi.
Mwa ena omwe adakwera njinga ku San Antonio, kulengezedwa kwa kafukufuku watsopano sikunapindulepo kwambiri.
"Ndikumva ngati pakhala kufufuza ndi kuwunikiridwa kochuluka, komabe osati mayendedwe ambiri," atero a Councilwoman a Shirley Gonzales, eni njinga okonda kwambiri omwe nthawi zambiri amakonzekera tchuthi kutengera momwe maderawo alili ochezeka. Amatsogolera komiti yoyendetsa mayendedwe a khonsolo.
"Ndidali wokhumudwitsidwa kuti izi (kafukufuku wamawebusayiti) sizinaperekedwe ku khonsolo," adatero Gonzales. "Ndiwo ogwira ntchito omwe adakankhidwa, ndipo muukadaulo wanga, mukangochita izi simungapeze zotsatira zabwino. Sitinapite patsogolo kwenikweni m'njira iliyonse mkati mwa tawuniyi. ”
Bryan Martin, vp wa Bike San Antonio komanso bambo woyambitsa wa Bronko Bikes, omwe amamanga ndi kugulitsa njinga zamagetsi, omwe amadziwika kuti kupitilira kwamatauni munjira zoyendera njinga "zopanda pake."
"Ngati mukufuna kuwona mzinda waukulu womwe umanyamula njinga kwambiri, pitani ku Austin," adatero.
Martin adati alandira kafukufukuyu koma oyendetsa njinga abwera kudzayembekezera "nyambo ndikusintha" njira kuchokera mtawuni mokhudzana ndi kuyika njinga zamoto ndi oyenda kutsogolo kwa magalimoto.
Malinga ndi mamapu a Public Works ndi zikalata, mtawuniyi inali ndi ma "34" a njinga zamakilomita 2000 mu 2004 - zomwe zikutanthauza misewu yama njinga pamiyala, misewu yokhayo yomwe imangowonetsedwa ndi zizindikilo komabe ndi zojambula zopakidwa panjira yayikulu komanso njira zingapo zomwe amagwiritsidwanso ntchito ndi oyenda pansi komabe sikhala gawo lamapaki amtauni. Pofika 66, idakula mpaka 136 miles, kenako 2009 miles mu XNUMX.
Ndondomeko yomasulira njinga yamoto itamalizidwa, mu 2011, akuti panali ma 200 mamailosi, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti 0.4 mamailosi, wamba, pa kilomita iliyonse ya San Antonio. Ofala mdziko lonse mwa mizinda 50 yayikulu kwambiri anali maulendo 4 omwe.
Pakadali pano pali njira 259 zama mayendedwe athunthu, mayendedwe a njinga ndi njira.
A Gonzales anatchula za Public Works mwina ndi “zomangika kwambiri” ndipo mwina zitha kupititsa patsogolo zisankho ndi chitukuko ngati zingagwiritse ntchito mapulani owonjezera oyenda njinga zamoto ndi mainjiniya ochepa, omwe agwira ntchito makamaka kuti apeze magalimoto.
“Ndikudziwa a Tim Hayes ndi eni njinga okonda kwambiri. Ndikumuwona akuyendetsa galimoto limodzi ndi ana ake, ”adatero. "Komabe ndi injiniya ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito mandala omwewo kuti apange zisankho zake. … Zikungowoneka kuti San Antonio ndi pang'ono ndi pang'ono pa zonsezi. Tachita bwino m'zaka zingapo zapitazi munjira. Osati kwambiri pamisewu ya njinga. ”
Final yr, pamsonkhano wa Metropolis Council pamalingaliro okangana kuti apange Broadway Hall, a Martin adatinso omwe akukhudzidwa nawo sayenera kuwona zokambiranazo ngati "magalimoto motsutsana ndi njinga, mabasi ndi oyenda pansi," ndikuti Metropolis Corridor "sayenera kuyang'ana oyenda pansi ngati zinthu zoyendera magalimoto. ”
Mayi wa khonsolo Ana Sandoval adamuwombera m'manja pagulu la njinga tsiku lomwelo pomwe adapempha wamkulu wa bungwe la uinjiniya, atawona chikwangwani chapamwamba kwambiri cha Broadway, "Kodi mungakhale ndi cholembera cha zomwe zimawoneka kuti amakonda kupalasa njinga?"
"Ndikuganiza kuti tili ndi zolimba (zamagalimoto) pang'ono pazowonetsera izi," adatero.