ibhayisikili
Akuthusi ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwemali yonke yamabhayisikili eDecorah kukhuphuka kakhulu njengoba kunjalo emadolobheni amakhulu. Ngamamayela namamayela emizila ngayinye egandayiwe futhi engekho emgaqweni, iDecorah isiphenduke indawo yokuvakasha amabhayisikili yabathandi bamabhayisikili. Hlanganisa lelo qiniso nesikhathi esengeziwe abantu abebenaso endlini ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezidlule kanye nesikhuthazo sikahulumeni wobumbano sokuhlola okuningi okutholwe ngenxa ye-COVID-6, futhi unendlela yokupheka yokuthuthukisa okukhulu ekuthengiseni okuphelele kwebhayisikili.
Umphathi wamabhayisikili akwaDecorah uJosie Smith uthi, ”Sikubonile kahle ukuqubuka okwenzeka endaweni yamabhayisikili khona lapha eDecorah. Kithi sifuna izindlela zokuphuma futhi sizuze ngaphandle. ”
Umnikazi webhizinisi le-Oneota River Cycles uDeke Gosen uchaza ukuthi abakhiqizi bamabhayisikili abaningi base-Asia, ngakho-ke i-COVID-19 ibe nomthelela oqondile kwezokukhiqiza. “Phakathi kwesithombe esilindelekile se-coronavirus kanye nezintela ezibekwe ekwindla kokugcina kweChina, abakhiqizi bamabhayisikili banciphise kakhulu ukukhiqiza kwabo. Babelindele ukuthi abantu bazodonsa futhi ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, ukuze benze ngamabomu ngokufanele, ”kuchaza uGosen. "Kodwa-ke lapho abantu bengasadonsi futhi, futhi esikhundleni somuntu bachitha isikhathi esithe xaxa ngaphandle bezijabulisa ngezenzo ezifana nokuhamba ngebhayisikili, zonke izingxenye zajika zaba ngamabhodlela, futhi ngenxa yalokho zahlehlela emuva."
Akuwona nje amabhayisikili amasha angakhuthaza yize, kuyizakhi zebhayisikili futhi. USmith uyachaza: “Lapho kuqala ukuba wubunzima bokwengeza ukuthola amabhayisikili amasha, sabona ukungena kwabantu abadala beletha amabhayisikili abo bezosebenza. Ekugcineni, uma kungathengwa ibhayisikili elisha sha, okwenziwe kithi ngenxa yalokho abebekade bekugcinile iminyaka. NgokweSatirically, lokhu ngokungeziwe kwaholela ekutheni kungabi nokushoda kwesithuthuthu kuphela, noma kunjalo ukushoda kwezinto, nakho. Amasondo namashubhu, ngokwesibonelo, ngosayizi oqinisekile bekuzikhandla kakhulu ukubuya ngenxa yalokhu. ”
USmith uthi amabhayisekili kagesi, okusiza ngama-pedal sekuvele ukuthi athandwe ngendlela exakile kulezi zinyanga eziyi-12. “Sihlinzeke ngokuphindwe kabili inani lama-e-bikes kulezi zinyanga eziyi-12 kunaseminyakeni edlule. Ngenxa yokushoda kwebhayisikili nokungaziwa ukuthi umkhiqizo uzotholakala nini, abanye bethu bakhetha ukuthenga i-e-bike yabo yokuqala. Sizizwa ngempela ukuthi iningi lethu elihambe ngale ndlela selivele linentshisekelo yokutshala imali ku-e-bike kungekudala noma kamuva, nokusweleka kwalokho esikubiza ngokuthi 'amabhayisikili e-acoustic' (amabhayisikili aphume nebhethri noma imoto) kube nomthelela ekuxhasweni kwemali okwenzeka ngokushesha, ”kuchaza uSmith.
Endabeni yokuthola iminwe yakho ngebhayisikili elisha sha, uSmith noGosen ngamunye bayavumelana - kubonakala sengathi kuzoba ukulinda isikhathi eside. "Kungenzeka kube yisikhathi eside kakhulu ngaphambili kunezinkinga ezizinzile," kwabelana uSmith.