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ICoronavirus ishayela iziphathimandla zase-UK ukuthi zamukele izikuta zikagesi
Ama-1000's scooter kagesi alungele ukushaya imigwaqo yaseBrithani emasontweni azayo, ngemuva kokuba ubhadane lwe-coronavirus lunxuse iziphathimandla zomdabu ukuthi zibhekane nezinhlobo ezahlukene zokuhamba.
Inqwaba yamadolobha nemikhandlu yabomdabu kulo lonke elaseNgilandi, eScotland naseWales bebelokhu bexoxa nezinkampani zasekhaya nezamazwe amaningi kagesi ngezikwelethi qeda indlela ngezikimu ngesikhathi sehlobo. Izivivinyo sezivele zingaphansi kwesindlela ngaphakathi kweTee Valley ngaphakathi kweNyakatho-mpumalanga neMilton Keynes.
NgoLwesine, iWest Midlands izomemezela uhlelo olubaluleke kakhulu kepha, uhlelo olungagcina lubone izimoto eziyi-10,000 emigwaqeni yaseBirmingham, Coventry naseWolverhampton, enye yezindawo ezinkulu kakhulu zokuhambisa izithuthuthu kunoma iyiphi indawo yedolobha kule planethi.
“Konke lokho kuguquka ngesikhathi esifushane. Sisukile esikhungweni somnenke esise-UK manje sesidlulisela ngokushesha okukhulu, ”kusho uPaul Hodgins, umphathi omkhulu we-Ginger wase-UK oqala isikuta.
"Kwakukhona ukukhula okungacabangi kokulangazelela okuvela eziphathimandla zase-UK," kusho uPhilip Ellis, umphathi omkhulu waseBeryl, opharetha owabelana ngamabhayisikili ongasungula ngokushesha ama-e-scooter akhe okuqala eNorwich.
Icala laseWest Midlands mhlawumbe lizokwenziwa nguVoi, ukuqala isikuta saseSweden. UFredrik Hjelm, umphathi omkhulu kaVoi, uthe inkontileka "iyona enkulu kunazo zonke esesizibonile emhlabeni jikelele".
Izimoto ezingamakhulu ambalwa nje zizokwethula ekuqaleni. "EBirmingham ufuna amakhulukhulu emigwaqweni abe yinto yokuthutha yangempela, kepha ukukhishwa okugxile kungenye yezindlela ezilula," esho.
Kodwa-ke ngenkathi opharetha bezizwe ngezizwe abanjengoLime, uHen, iTier kanye neVoi, ngaphezu kweqembu lezimbangi zakamuva ezizinze e-UK, beconsisa amathe ethembeni lokuthi imakethe enkulu kunazo zonke yaseYurophu engakaze ivulwe ekugcineni, abanye babashushisi bezokuphepha bakhathazeka ngokuphindaphindeka kwesiphithiphithi futhi Impikiswano eye yamukela ukubukeka kwezimoto emadolobheni emhlabeni wonke eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Izinhlangano ze-scooter zizilungiselela ukubuyela emuva okungenzeka. “Hola into efana nalena, kunengxenye yomphakathi jikelele engazijabulisi ngayo. . . Akungabazeki ukuthi ngeke kuvinjelwe, ”kusho uMnu Ellis.
Kodwa-ke ukholelwa ukuthi uhlelo lwaseBrithani lunikeza iziphathimandla zomdabu “ukuphathwa okuningi” kunakwenye indawo, ngenxa yokuthi izithuthuthu ezingabanikazi bezinkampani ezingekho emthethweni nokho azikho emthethweni. "Ngaphandle kokuthi wena njengo-opharetha ubhangqene nomphathi wendawo, uzokwazi ukubeka phansi ama-scooter nganoma iyiphi indlela," esho.
“Ngokuyisisekelo kuzoba ukukhishwa okwengeziwe okuphethwe okunemithetho ephakeme kuneminye imakethe eYurophu,” kusho uMnu Hjelm, osikuta sakhe asebevele besemadolobheni angama-45 kulo lonke leli zwekazi.
Ithemba leziphathimandla zase-UK ukuthi ama-e-scooter azonika amandla abantu abengeziwe ukuba babuyele emsebenzini ngaphandle kokugcwala izitimela namabhasi, bebeka uCovid-19 engcupheni yokutheleleka, ngaphandle kokufaka isiminyaminya sasemgwaqweni noma ukungcola okuveliswa yizimoto.
Uhlelo lweWest Midlands lungenye yezindawo eziningi e-UK ezonikezwa umphakeli oyedwa, umehluko ophawulekile phakathi kwemakethe yase-UK namadolobha ahlukene emhlabeni wonke indawo lapho izinkampani ezimbalwa zincintisana khona.
“Kuvamile kakhulu eYurophu ukubona isu lokuzilawula,” kusho uPatrick Studener, inhloko yezwe laseYurophu, iCentre East kanye ne-Afrika yeHen, eyabamba iqhaza ekwabelaneni ngezithuthuthu eCalifornia ngo-2017. “Angicabangi ukuthi [iziphathimandla zendawo] wafundisa okuningi. ”
UMnu Hodgins, inkampani yakhe uGinger eyethule uhlelo lokuqala lwaseNgilandi, ngaphakathi kwesikhala esisenyakatho-mpumalanga yeTee Valley, uthe uyathinteka ekutheni “iningi leziphathimandla zomdabu lifuna umphakeli oyedwa”, ngoba likwenze kwaqina isikhathi eside ukushaywa komkhiqizo komdabu omusha abadlali ukukhuphula.
“Inkinga ukuthi, ibhizinisi lase-UK alisavuleki kahle manje. AbakwaSilicon Valley nabaphakeli baseYurophu babe nesihloko seminyaka emibili, ”kusho yena.
UMnu Ellis kaBeryl uthe abashayeli bezindiza bokuqala bezinyanga eziyi-12, kuxubene nendlala yokuqiniseka ukuthi uhulumeni wesifundazwe ekugcineni uzokwazi ukuhambisa ukuthunyelwa isikhathi eside, wakwenza kwaqina kakhulu ukuthi izinkampani ezincane zincintisane.
"Kukhona idolobha elilodwa noma amabili esikhethe ukungasifaki isicelo ngenxa yezinga lemali edingekayo ukuze sisebenze singaba yinhle kakhulu ukuthola inkontileka yezinyanga eziyi-12," esho.
Emadolobheni amaningi, izimbangi ziye zaba namandla. Izinkampani ezingaphezulu kweshumi bezilwela inkontileka yaseWest Midlands ngaphambi kokuthi inikezwe iVoi, kusho uMnu Hjelm.
"Ekugcineni bathandwa kakhulu ukuba nomuntu oyedwa abasebenzisana naye ukuze bathathe isikhundla ngaphakathi kule ndawo," esho. “Ngeke uthole izimpahla zobuhlanya oziqaphelile, ngokwesibonelo, eParis lapho o-opharetha abali-10 bebelokhu belwela isabelo semakethe, futhi balwa bodwa baze bafa. . . Akekho owayephila. ”
IParis ibonakele ngoba imakethe ye-e-scooter enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Inhlokodolobha yaseFrance kungekudala kakhulu edlule izimvume ezikhishiwe eLime eSilicon Valley, iTier Mobility yaseJalimane kanye noDott waseFrance odabuka eFrance ngethemba lokuletha ukuhleleka edolobheni elikhulu ebeligcwele izimoto ezingaphezu kwezingu-20,000 XNUMX.
Imikhandlu kulo lonke elaseNgilandi, ngaphezu kwabasebenza kuyo, ithi izofundiswa ngala maphutha.
U-Lawrence Leuschner, umphathi omkhulu we-Tier ezinze eBerlin, uthe leli bhizinisi "selikhulile ngokwengeziwe" manje kunezinyanga eziyi-12 noma ezimbili ezedlule. “Sethula ngezimoto eziningi eziphakeme. Sisebenza kahle ngokwakha uthango, ukuphoqa izindawo zokupaka nokuphepha, ”kusho yena.
Yize kunjalo, lokho akukunciphisanga ukwesaba kwabakhankasi abaningi bezokuphepha.
IRoyal Nationwide Institute of Blind Individuals yatshela ikomidi lezokuthutha likahulumeni ngo-Julayi ukuthi lalibandakanyeka kuma-e-scooter ayephuthunyiswa ukuyomaketha ngenhloso yokubheka "usongo lwangempela" lwamandla abantu abangaboni nababone kancane ukuze bathuthuke ukuzungeza ngokuphepha, ngaphandle kokukhubeka ngezikuta ezimiswe kupavumente.
"Ama-E-scooter ayinkinga kakhulu kubantu abangaboni noma ababona kancane ukubona nokulalela," kusho u-Eleanor Thompson, oyinhloko yezokusakaza eRNIB. "Lezi zimoto kungenzeka zivunyelwe ukuhamba ngesivinini esingafika ku-15.5mph futhi zingasinda, ngakho-ke sinezinkinga ezinkulu maqondana nengozi yokushayisana nabantu abahamba ngezinyawo abangaboni noma ababone kancane."
IDwelling Streets, inhlangano esiza abantulayo e-UK ekhankasela ukuhambahamba, futhi ithi yesaba ukuphepha kwabahamba ngezinyawo. "Asiboni ukuthi ingqalasizinda efanelekile ikhona ukusiza ama-e-scooter," kusho uTanya Braun, oyinhloko yezokusakaza eDwelling Street. "Sithintekile ukuthi uma kunendawo eyanele yomgwaqo, abantu bazozithola sebeshayela umgwaqo."
Izindaba zakudala ezivela kumshayeli wendiza kaGinger eTeeside azenzanga lutho ekunciphiseni lezi zinkinga. Amanye amakhasimende amancane azama ukuhamba ngezikuta zikaGinger emgwaqeni ohamba ngesivinini samawele nasezikhungweni zokuthenga.
"Kunemihlomulo nokwehla kokuya phambili," kusho uMnu Hodgins kaGinger. "Uthola abagibeli abanganaki." Emasontweni alandelayo, wathi izinga lokucekelwa phansi kwempahla "liphansi".