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Kuyoze kube nini ukuphakama kokugcina kwamabhayisikili?
ULwesihlanu, Septhemba 4, 2020 | 2 ekuseni
Ukwehliswa kwemali kanye nemiyalo yokuhlala ekhaya isuka eLas Vegas iye eLondon iye eBeijing kuholele ekutheni kube nezimoto ezimbalwa emigwaqeni kanye nomthofu wokumisa emgwaqweni. Abagibeli abangahambi usuku nosuku abagibeli bashiye amadolobha amakhulu emhlabeni wonke lutho kodwa ulwandle lwe-asphalt elahliwe phakathi nosuku. Phakathi kwalabo abaphume baphuma, abaningi bakhetha uhlobo lwezinto zokuhamba iningi lethu elithole ukuzisebenzisa njengamabhayisikili amancane.
Ngokuya ngeRegional Transportation Fee of Southern Nevada (RTC), ukusetshenziswa kohlelo lokwabelana ngamabhayisikili edolobheni laseLas Vegas kukhuphuke kakhulu ngama-97% ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ngokungafani nesikhathi sokugcina sonyaka. Ku-Can, uhlelo lokwabelana nge-e-bike lubone ukugibela okulinganiselwe okungu-1,000 843 ngosuku, ukukhuphuka kwama-2019% ngokungafani ne-Can XNUMX.
Ukuzikhiphela ngaphandle, umuntu ubengeke akwazi ukusiza kepha ukuthola izinkumbi zabagibeli bamabhayisikili kweminye yemigwaqo eminyene ebiyimigwaqo emikhulu kakhulu, iSahara Avenue eLas Vegas Boulevard. Ukweqa kokuhamba eLas Vegas kugcina izici ezifanayo emadolobheni amakhulu ahlukene.
I-Eco-Counter - inkampani yobunjiniyela yaseMontreal elinganisa izivakashi zabantu abahamba ngezinyawo - ithole u-21% othuthukile kulo lonke leli dolobha lase-US kuze kube manje kulo nyaka, ngokungafani nango-2019. Ama-67% ekuqaleni kukaMashi, aqhubeka ngoJuni, ulwazi olutholakale kamuva kakhulu. Izibali zamabhuloho ezilinganiswe zibalulekile zizokwanda ekuweleni kwamabhayisikili ekuqaleni kobhadane ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwe-oda lokuhlala ekhaya. AbakwaRails-to-Trails babike ukuthi kuthuthuke ngo-110% ukwedlula u-2019 ekugibeleni ujantshi wesitimela ngokuya ezingxenyeni zeNice American Rail Path exhuma iWashington, DC, neSeattle.
Ukuthuthuka okuphezulu akukhona nje emadolobheni amakhulu ane-ridership eqinile, kepha futhi emadolobheni asentshonalanga ancike ezimotweni afana neLos Angeles ne-Oakland, indawo yokuhamba kanye nokuthengiswa okuphelele kwebhayisikili ngemuva kwe-coronavirus kukhuphuke kakhulu. Ulwazi olunikezwe yiPeopleForBikes luqinisekise ukuthengiswa okuphelele kwebhayisikili kukhuphuke ngama-65% kulo nyaka ku-2019. Emadolobheni amaningi, kunesidingo samabhayisikili akamuva ngenxa yokuthi abahlinzeki abekho esimweni sokuxhasa ngokufunwa.
I-Riderhip iphakanyiselwe izimbangela eziningi. Kokukodwa, kulo lonke ubhadane abantu bazizwa bephephe kakhulu ngebhayisikili labo kunokuhamba komphakathi. Kuthathwa njengokuvikelekile ngokuqhathaniswa lapho abagibeli begcina izinzwane eziyisithupha zebanga kusuka komunye nomunye, futhi ukuhlaziywa kusho ukuthi ukudluliswa kwe-coronavirus kulukhuni ngaphandle kwezilungiselelo naseminyango lapho abantu begudluka ngesivinini esiguqukayo. Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili kuthathwe njengokuvikeleke kakhulu futhi kuyisibopho kwezomnotho kangangokuthi i-U.Ok. iziphathimandla zifakiwe ibhayisikili buyisela izaphulelo kuhlelo lwayo lokubuyisela imali.
Okwesibili, abantu abengeziwe bachitha isikhathi behlala, amakhaya abheke into eyodwa ukuthi bayenze ngokuhlanganyela egcina izingane zijabule futhi ezizobakhipha ekhaya. Ngokuya ngo-Eric Bjorling, umqondisi wegama lomkhiqizo kwaTrek Bicycle, lokhu kuholele ekutheni kungabi ukushoda kwamabhayisikili entsha kuphela, kepha zonke izinhlobo amabhayisikili, kusukela kumandla kagesi kuya emabhayisikili asezintabeni, kubantu abadala abafuna ukuphuma ngaphandle.
Amadolobha athatha ukuthola. Ohulumeni bomdabu eNew York, eMilan, eParis, eMexico Metropolis, eBogota futhi, nakanjani, eLas Vegas basheshisa izinhlelo zemizila emisha yamabhayisikili. Zenzelwe ukuba zibe zesikhashana noma "zivele" ukulawula ushintsho oluningi emikhubeni yabagibeli yedolobha, kepha abahleli bedolobha elikhulu nabameli bamabhayisikili bacabanga ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Abanye baphupha ngalokho abakubiza ngokuthi yi “metropolis yemizuzu eyi-15,” izindawo zokudla, amapaki namakolishi kungaphakathi kwebanga lokuhamba imizuzu eyi-15, kanti inhlekelele yamanje ivumele abaholi bamadolobha amakhulu ukuba basheshise lezi zinhlelo.
UKhomishani weClark County u-Justin Jones, ummeli wamabhayisikili, uphawula ukuthi imisebenzi eminingi yomzila wamabhayisikili ngaphakathi kwalesi sigodi seyilandelwe ngokushesha, kanye nomzila wokusetshenziswa okuningi osuka eHualapai Strategy uye eDurango Drive ongaqhubeka nohambo olude lwe-Purple Rock Legacy Path , ngaphezu kwemizila eminye yezithuthuthu kuFort Apache Street nokubuyiselwa kwemizila yakamuva kuTorrey Pines Drive.
"Ngaphambili kwe-COVID, iClark County yayenza inqubekela phambili yobuvila, ejwayelekile ukwengeza imizila yebhayisikili eyengeziwe," kusho uJones. “UCOVID ufakazele ukuthi uma abantu bezizwa belondekile ngempela, bazophuma bakhubeke isithuthuthu emigwaqweni yethu. Manje, eminye yaleyo misebenzi eyenza ukuhamba ngebhayisikili ifinyeleleke phambili iqhubekela phambili ngokugcizelela okukhulu. ”
UJones nabanye kudingeka basebenzise kakhulu uthando lokuhamba ngebhayisikili ngomcimbi waminyaka yonke oqala lokhu kuwa kanye nesenzakalo esizayo esizayo eStrip ngokushesha nje lapho imikhawulo yemibuthano yokuzijabulisa isuswa.
Edolobheni laseLas Vegas, i-RTC ibambisene neNV Power ukwakha izinhlelo zokwabelana nge-e-bike eziyisithupha ngemuva kokunyuka kwesidingo kulo lonke ukuvalwa okugunyazwe umbuso. I-RTC iphawula ukuthi uhlelo lwayo lwe-e-bike luye lwahlala lusabalele ngisho nangemva kokuvalwa nangaphakathi kokushisa okukhulu. Kubikezela ukuthi ngothi lwe-yr, ukuhlukahluka kwama-e-bike share ride kuzokuphinda kabili lokho ababeyi-2019.
Ngabe izogcina? Ngenkathi abameli bekholelwa ukuthi ubhadane luzoshintsha imikhuba yabagibeli ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, abanye banokungabaza okukhulu ukuthi imikhuba ishintshe ngempela yini emiphakathini esinda ezimotweni. Ingxenye yokungabaza ukuthi abahleli baye baphuthuma ngemisebenzi emisha evame ukuthatha iminyaka eminingi ukuyibeka ngokuhlanganyela. ENew York, izakhamizi zaseCentral Park West zamangalela idolobha lokugcina ngonyaka ngokuthuthukiswa kwe- ibhayisikili imizila. Abahleli beMetropolis besaba ukuthi noma imikhuba ishintshela ekusebenziseni izinto zokuhamba zomphakathi ezingaphansi kakhulu namabhayisikili athe xaxa, abagibeli abehlukene bazokhetha izimoto, zenze isiminyaminya esengeziwe kanye nentuthu emigwaqweni emincane.
Kunesici esisodwa esisobala yize: Noma ngabe i-COVID-19 iye yaguqula imikhuba yabagibeli bedolobha noma cha, amadolobha ahamba ngezinyawo phambili.
U-Andrew Woods uyi-CEO ye-WS Nevada i-ejensi yokuhlanganisa, yokhetho neyokuhlola ikakhulukazi eseNingizimu ye-Nevada. Uphela abaphathi bakhe eKolishi laseChicago ngesivumelwano nengqalasizinda nokuhamba.
