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Liza kuthatha ixesha elingakanani elokugqibela ibhayisekile?
NgoLwesihlanu, Septemba 4, 2020 | 2 kusasa
Ukutshixwa kwezinto kunye nokuhlala ekhaya-odolo ukusuka eLas Vegas ukuya eLondon ukuya eBeijing kukhokelele kwiimoto ezimbalwa ezindleleni kunye neplamet kuhambo lokuhamba koluntu. Ukungahambi kakuhle kubasebenzi bemihla ngemihla kushiye uninzi lwezixeko kwihlabathi liphela kungekho nto kodwa ulwandle lwe-asphalt eshiyekileyo ekuhambeni kwemini. Phakathi kwabo baye benza ishishini, abaninzi bakhetha uhlobo lokuhamba uninzi lwethu olwafumanekayo ukuba lusebenzise njengabantu abancinci-iibhayisikile.
Ngokuhambelana neRhafu yoThutho yeNgingqi ye-Southern Nevada (RTC), ukusetyenziswa kwenkqubo yokwabelana ngebhayisikile edolophini yaseLas Vegas inyuke nge-97% kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ngokuchaseneyo nexesha elifanayo lokugqibela yr. Kwi-Can, inkqubo yokwabelana nge-e-bhayisekile yaqaphela i-median ye-1,000 ekhwela ngosuku, ukunyuka kwe-843% ngokuchaseneyo ne-Can 2019.
Ukuphuma ngaphandle, umntu akanakunceda nangona kunjalo ukufumana izihlwele zabakhweli beebhayisikile ezimbalwa kwezona ndlela zazisoloko zixakekile, ezinje ngeSahara Avenue eLas Vegas Boulevard. Ukutsiba eLas Vegas kujonga iimpawu ezifanayo kwizixeko eziphambili.
I-Eco-Counter - inkampani yobunjineli yaseMontreal eyenza amanyathelo okundwendwela abantu abahamba ngeenyawo - ifumanise ukuphucuka okungama-21% kwizithuthi zonke zedolophu yase-US ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngokuchaseneyo no-2019. ENew York Metropolis, inkonzo yokwabelana ngesithuthuthu iCiti Bike iqaphele ukunyuka Iipesenti ezingama-67 ekuqaleni kuka-Matshi, neqhubeka ngoJuni, lolona lwazi kutsha nje lufikelelekayo. Izinto zokubala kwiibhlorho ezilinganiswe zibalulekile ziya konyusa ukuwela iibhayisikile ekuqaleni kwesifo ngaphambi kokuba kukhutshwe iiodolo zokuhlala ekhaya. Imizila kaloliwe ixele ukuba i-110% iphucule ngaphezulu kwe-2019 kwindlela yomgaqo kaloliwe ngokuhambelana namacandelo eNice American Rail Path edibanisa iWashington, DC, ukuya eSeattle.
Uphuhliso olonyukayo alukho kwimetropolises ene-ridership eyomeleleyo, kodwa ukongeza kwizixeko ezisentshona ezixhomekeke kwimoto ezinje ngeLos Angeles ne-Oakland, indawo yokuhamba kunye nentengiso yebhayisikile enkulu emva kokuphakama kwekoronavirus. Ulwazi olunikezwe yiPeopleForBikes luqinisekisile ukuthengiswa kweebhayisekile konke ukuthengisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-65% kule yonyaka ka-2019. Kwiidolophu ezininzi, kukho ukunqongophala kweebhayisikile zamva nje ngenxa yokuba abathengisi bengakhange bakwazi ukuxhasa iimfuno zabo.
Ukuhamba ngesantya esiphezulu kuye kwaphakama ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi. Kokunye, kulo lonke ubhubhane abantu baziva bekhuselekile kwibhayisikile yabo kunakwindlela yokuhamba yoluntu. Kuthathwa njengokukhuseleka ngokuthelekisa xa abakhweli begcina iinzwane ezi-6 zomgama kwenye nenye, kwaye uhlalutyo luthetha ukuba ukuhanjiswa kwe-coronavirus kunzima ngaphandle kuseto lwengcango naxa abantu beshenxisa kwisantya esiguqukayo. Ukuhamba ngebhayisikile kubonwe kukhuselekile kwaye kunyanzelekile ngokwezoqoqosho kangangokuba iU.Ok. abasemagunyeni babandakanyiwe ibhayisekili buyisela iivawutsha kwisicwangciso sayo sokubuyiselwa kwemali.
Okwesibini, abantu abongezelelweyo bachitha ixesha lokuhlala, amakhaya ajonge into enye yokwenza ngokudibeneyo egcina abantwana bonwabile kwaye iya kubakhupha ekhaya. Ngokuhambelana no-Eric Bjorling, umlawuli wegama lophawu kwiibhayisikile zeTrek, oku kukhokelele ekunqobeni iibhayisikile zabaselula, kodwa ke zonke iintlobo iibhayisikili, Ukusuka kombane ukuya kwiibhayisikile zeentaba, kubantu abadala abafuna ukuphuma ngaphandle.
Izixeko zithatha ukufumanisa. Oorhulumente baseMelika eNew York, eMilan, eParis, eMexico Metropolis, eBogota kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, iLas Vegas iyakhawulezisa izicwangciso zendlela entsha yebhayisekile. Zenzelwe ukuba zibe zexeshana elifutshane okanye "zivele" ukulawula utshintsho oluninzi kwimikhwa yabahambi, nangona kunjalo abacwangcisi beedolophu kunye nabaxhasi beebhayisekile becinga ngokuhamba kwexesha. Abanye baphupha into abayibiza ngokuba yi "metropolis yemizuzu eyi-15," indawo yokutya, iipaki kunye neekholeji zingaphakathi komgama wemizuzu eli-15, kwaye le ntlekele ikhoyo ivumele iinkokheli zedolophu ukuba zikhawuleze ezi zicwangciso.
Umkomishinala waseClark County u-Justin Jones, ummeli weebhayisikile, uphawula ukuba sele kukho imisebenzi emininzi yeebhayisekile kule ntlambo sele ikhawulezisiwe, kunye nendlela yokusetyenziswa kweQhinga leHualapai ukuya eDurango Drive enokuthi yongeze ixesha elide. , ukongeza kwimayile engaphezulu yeendlela zesithuthuthu kwisitalato iFort Apache kunye nokubuyisela umva imizila kwiTorrey Pines Drive.
"Ngaphambili kwi-COVID, iClark County yayisenza ubuvila, inkqubela rhoqo ukuze kongezwe imizila yebhayisekile," utshilo uJones. “UCOVID wangqina ukuba ngokwenene abantu baziva bekhuselekile, bazakuphuma bakhubekise isithuthuthu ezindleleni zethu. Ngoku, eyongezelelweyo kule mi sebenzi eyenza ukuhamba ngebhayisikili ngakumbi ifikeleleke phambili ngokugxininisa kakhulu. ”
UJones nabanye kufuneka benze olona hlobo luthando lokukhwela ibhayisikile kunye nomnyhadala wonyaka oqala ukuwa kunye nexesha eliza kwenzeka eStrip kwangoko nje xa kuthintelwa imihlangano.
Kwidolophu yedolophu yaseLas Vegas, i-RTC ibambisene neNV Amandla ekwakheni iinkqubo ezongezelelekileyo zokwabelana nge-e-bike emva kokuba ibango linyukile kulo lonke ixesha lokuvalwa kokugunyaziswa ngurhulumente. I-RTC iqaphela ukuba inkqubo yayo ye-e-bhayisekile ihleli isasazekile nasemva kokuvalwa naphakathi kobushushu obufanelekileyo. Iqikelela ukuba ngencam yr, iindidi zokukhwela izabelo nge-e-bhayisekile ziya kuphinda kabini oko bekuyi-2019.
Ngaba iya kugqibela? Ngelixa abameli be-bullish ukuba ubhubhane luyakutshintsha imikhwa yabahambi ixesha elide, abanye bayathandabuza ukuba imikhwa itshintshile ngokwenene kwiindawo ezinobunzima bemoto. Inxalenye yokuthandabuza kukuba abacwangcisi bakhawulezile ngemisebenzi emitsha ehlala ithatha iminyaka ukuyibeka ngokudibeneyo. ENew York, abahlali beCentral Park West bamangalela idolophu yokugqibela yr malunga nophuhliso lwe ibhayisekili imizila. Abacwangcisi beMetropolis boyika ukuba nokuba imikhwa itshintshela ekusebenziseni indlela encinci yokuhamba esidlangalaleni kunye nebhayisikile eyongezelelweyo, abakhweli abohlukeneyo baya kuthi bakhethe iimoto, babangele ukuxinana okongeziweyo kunye nomsi kwiindlela ezimxinwa.
Inye into ebonakalayo nangona: Nokuba i-COVID-19 iyayiguqula imikhwa yabahambi beedolophu, izixeko zihamba phambili.
U-Andrew Woods yi-CEO ye-WS Nevada yokugubungela, unyulo kunye ne-arhente yovavanyo ikakhulu ese-Southern Nevada. Uphelisa iinkosi zakhe kwiKholeji yaseChicago ngesivumelwano nezixhobo kunye nezothutho.
