Uma uhlala eLondon, kungenzeka ukuthi uqaphele inani lama-scooters kagesi anyukile emigwaqweni kulezi zinyanga. I-Transport for London (TFL) ivumela ngokusemthethweni umthengisi ukuthi aqale ibhizinisi mayelanaukwabelana ngama-scooters kagesingoJune, isikhathi esingangonyaka kwezinye izindawo.
I-Tees Valley iqale ibhizinisi ehlobo eledlule, futhi izakhamuzi zase-Darlington, e-Hartlepool naseMiddlesbrough bezilokhu zisebenzisa izikuta zikagesi ezabelana ngazo cishe unyaka owodwa. E-UK, amadolobha angaphezu kuka-50 avumela umthengisi ukuthi aqale ibhizinisi mayelana nokwabelana ngokunyakaza e-England, ngaphandle kwe-Scotland ne-Wales.
Kungani banda abantu abagibela izithuthuthu zikagesi namuhla? Akungabazeki ukuthi, i-COVID 19 iyisici esihle. Ngaleso sikhathi, izakhamizi eziningi zithanda ukusebenzisa ama-scooters akhiqizwa yiNyoni, i-Xiaomi, iPure njalonjalo. Kubo, ukuhamba nge-scooter kuyindlela entsha yokuthutha engahleliwe enekhabhoni ephansi.
U-Lime uthi ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 kwezigidi ezingu-0.25 kwehle ngo-2018 ngokusebenzisa abasebenzisi abasebenzisa isikuta ukuze bahambe phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu.
Inani lokukhishwa kwe-CO2, elilingana namalitha kaphethiloli angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-0.01 kanye namandla okumunca wezihlahla eziyizigidi ezingu-0.046. Uhulumeni uthole ukuthi awukwazi nje kuphela ukonga ugesi, kodwa futhi unganciphisa umthwalo ohlelweni lwezokuthutha umphakathi.
Nokho, kukhona abanye abantu abanokuphikisa ngakho. Othile ukhathazekile ngokuthi inani lama-scooters afakwe emigwaqweni likhulu ngokweqile,kungase kusongela ezokuthutha ikakhulukazi abahamba ngezinyawo. Ama-scooters ngeke abe nomsindo omkhulu, abahambahambayo bangase bangababoni ngaso leso sikhathi baze balinyazwe yibona.
Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi, imvamisa mayelana nezingozi ze-scooters iphakeme kunamabhayisikili ngisho nezikhathi eziyi-100. Kuze kube ngu-Ephreli ngo-2021, abantu abangu-70+ balinyazwa ukuhamba kokwabelana, ngisho nabantu abangu-11 balimala kabi phakathi kwabo. Eminyakeni emi-2 edlule,kunabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-200 abalimele futhi bashaya abahamba ngezinyawo abangama-39 eLondon.Umsebenzi we-YouTube odumile walahlekelwa impilo yakhe ngoJulayi, 2021 ngenkathi egibela isikuta emgwaqeni futhi ehlelwa yingozi yomgwaqo .
Izigebengu eziningi zigebenga futhi zashaya abahamba ngezinyawo ngezikuta zikagesi, ngisho noshayasibhamu ugibele i-e-scooter ukuze adubule e-Coventry. Abanye abadayisi bezidakamizwa bazoletha izidakamizwa ngabakwa-ama-e-scooters. Ngonyaka odlule, amacala angaphezu kuka-200 abhaliswe ngamaphoyisa aseMetropolitan eLondon ayehlobene nama-e-scooters.
Uhulumeni wase-UK unesimo sengqondo sokungathathi hlangothi mayelana nezikuta zikagesi, uvumele umthengisi ukuthi aqale ibhizinisi lokwabelana ngokuthutha futhi unqabele abasebenzi ukuthi basebenzise izithuthuthu zabo ezizimele emgwaqeni. Uma kukhona ophula imithetho, abagibeli bazohlawuliswa imali elinganiselwa ku-300 pounds bese kuthi amaphuzu ezincwadi zokushayela akhishwe ngamaphuzu ayisithupha.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-18-2021
