I-TAMPA. Zininzi iindlela zokuhambahamba phakathi kwedolophu yaseTampa kule mihla: ukuhambahamba ecaleni kolwandle, ukukhwela iibhayisekile kunye nee-scooter zombane, ukukhwela iteksi yamanzi, ukukhwela iitram zasimahla, okanye ukukhwela imoto yakudala.
Inqwelo yokuqeshisa yegalufa ecaleni kweChannel ivulwe kutshanje kumda wommandla waseTampa okhula ngokukhawuleza eWater Street, kwaye sele iyindawo ephambili kwiindawo ezikufutshane ukusuka kwisixeko saseSun City ukuya kwiZiqithi zaseDavis - abemi bendawo banokubona abemi abaziingcali besebenza nabo - abadlali.
Ishishini lokuqeshisa liphethwe nguEthan Luster, okwakha iinqwelo zegalufa eClearwater Beach, eSt. Pete Beach, eIndian Rocks Beach naseDunedin. ULuster uhlala kufutshane neHarbor Island, apho—ewe—unenqwelo yegalufa.
Iinqwelo ezincinci zepetroli ezisibhozo ezikhwela abantu abane eziqeshiweyo kwindawo yokupaka iimoto e-369 S 12th St. ecaleni kweFlorida Aquarium, zisemthethweni kwaye zixhotyiswe ngezibane ezifunekayo, imiqondiso yokujika kunye nezinye izixhobo. Zinokuqhutywa ezindleleni ezinesantya esilinganiselweyo se-35 mph okanye ngaphantsi.
“Ungayithatha uye nayo eArmature Works,” utshilo uLuster, oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala. “Ungayithatha uye nayo eHyde Park.”
Njengoko bekulindelekile, impendulo, ingakumbi kwabo baxhasa ezinye iindlela zothutho lwendlela, ibinomdla kakhulu.
UKimberly Curtis, usihlalo weStraits District Community Renewal District, uthe kutshanje uqaphele iinqwelo zegalufa ezitratweni ezikufutshane kodwa wayecinga ukuba zikwipropathi yabucala.
“Ndiyavumelana nayo,” utshilo. “Ukuba abakho kwiindlela zeebhayisekile, abahamba ngeenyawo emilanjeni, nakwiindlela zabahambi ngeenyawo, olu lukhetho olufanelekileyo.”
U-Ashley Anderson, isithethi seDowntown Tampa Partnership, uyavuma: “Sisebenzisana nayo nayiphi na indlela yokuhambisa iimoto ukuze siphume endleleni,” utshilo.
“Mna ngokwam ndingaxhasa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba kangangoko sinokucinga ngako,” utshilo uKaren Kress, umlawuli wezothutho kunye nobudlelwane bokucwangcisa, umbutho ongenzi nzuzo olawula idolophu ngesivumelwano nesixeko.
Ezinye iindlela ezizezinye zokuhambahamba embindini wesixeko ezivele kwiminyaka yakutshanje kukuqeshisa iibhayisekile, ii-scooter zombane, ii-segway tours ezinamavili amabini, ii-motorized, ii-stand-up segway tours, ii-pirate water taxi kunye nezinye iinqanawa kuMlambo iHillsborough, kunye nokukhwela iirickshaw rhoqo. Iirickshaw zebhayisekile zinokufumaneka phakathi kwembindi wesixeko kunye neSixeko saseYbor. Uhambo lwesixeko lweeyure ezimbini luyafumaneka nakwinqwelo yegalufa.
“Kumalunga nokuba nenye indlela yokuhambahamba eTampa,” utshilo uBrandi Miklus, umququzeleli weenkqubo zeziseko zophuhliso kunye nezothutho zesixeko. “Yenze nje ibe yindawo ekhuselekileyo neyonwabisayo yokuhambahamba.”
Akukho mntu unyanzelekileyo ukuba athengise umhlali waseTampa u-Abby Ahern ngenqwelo yegalufa, kwaye ungumrhwebi wezindlu: uqhuba imoto yakhe yombane esuka kwiibhloko ezisemantla edolophu ukuya kusebenza kwiZiqithi zaseDavis, emazantsi edolophu. Ukutya kunye noqeqesho lwebhola ekhatywayo lonyana wakhe.
Ishishini elitsha lokuqeshisa elisedolophini lifuna ukuba abaqhubi babe neminyaka engama-25 ubudala ubuncinane kwaye babe nelayisenisi yokuqhuba esebenzayo. Ukuqeshisa iitroli yi-$35/iyure kunye ne-$25/iyure iiyure ezimbini nangaphezulu. Usuku olupheleleyo lubiza i-$225.
ULuster uthe iinyanga zasehlotyeni bezicotha kancinci okwangoku, kodwa ulindele ukuba isantya sinyuke njengoko iindaba ziqala.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Matshi-20-2023
