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I-MTA iya kuvavanya ibhasi enezitishi ezibini kwiStaten Island echaza indlela yebhasi kule ntwasahlobo.UMarc A. Hermann / MTA Isithuthi saseNew York



Iibhasi ezinokuhamba kabini zinokuza kwisiXeko saseNew York kungekudala njengenxalenye ye Isicwangciso sokusebenza kwebhasi ityhilwe nguMongameli waseNew York Transit kaMongameli uAndy Byford ngentsasa yangoMvulo.

I-MTA izakuvavanya i-decker decker ibhasi kwindlela ye-Staten Island ukuqala kule ntwasahlobo. Elinye inyathelo eliza kuthathwa yi-MTA ukuphucula izithuthi zebhasi lisebenzisa ukukhutshwa kwe-zero, zonke iibhasi zombane. Kwangoko kulo nyaka, iarhente yaqala kuvavanyo lweebhasi zombane ezilishumi.

U-Byford uthe i-MTA isebenza ngokungakhathali ukubonelela abantu base New York ngenkqubo yeebhasi ekumgangatho wehlabathi ebafaneleyo.

Sijolise kwimiceli mngeni njengokuxinana kwetrafiki kunye nokunyanzeliswa, sithathe amanyathelo angqindilili njengokuhlengahlengisa yonke indlela yenethiwekhi, kunye nokuqhubela phambili inkqubela phambili njengolawulo lwakutshanje oluncediswa yikhompyuter, i-double-decker kunye neebhasi zombane, yonke umnyango wokukhwela kunye nokuphuculwa kwenkonzo yabathengi nangakumbi Idatha yexesha lokwenyani, utshilo kwingxelo. Abathengi bethu baya kuqala ukubona utshintsho kulo nyaka, kwaye asisokuze siyeke ukuphucula eli candelo libalulekileyo lezothutho lwesiXeko saseNew York.

Iarhente ikhokele eyona nkqubo inkulu yeebhasi zikawonkewonke eMntla Melika, malunga neepesenti ezingama-40 ezinkulu kunenkqubo elandelayo yebhasi enkulu-leyo yaseLos Angeles, ngokwe-MTA. Rhoqo ngeveki, i-MTA ibonelela ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezimbini zokukhwela kwii-54,000 zohambo kwiindlela ezingama-326, ngenqwelomoya yeebhasi ezingaphezu kwama-5,700.

Amagosa e-MTA azise ibhasi enomgangatho ophindwe kabini eza kuvavanywa kwi-Staten Island echaza indlela yebhasi kwinkomfa yoonondaba eLower Manhattan ngoMvulo emva kwemini.

Abahlali besiXeko saseNew York bavakalise umdla kwibhasi enezitulo ezibini.

USally Velez, oneminyaka engama-45, ohlala kwicandelo laseRiverdale eBronx, uxelele uMbonisi ukuba olu daba luyonwabisa kwaye uyazithanda iibhasi ezinemigangatho emibini, ebhekisa kwibhasi enezinto ezimbini eLondon njengenye yeentandokazi zakhe.

Ibanzi kwaye [ine] igumbi lomlenze kwaye ijongeka ngathi yeyangoku, utshilo uVelez, ebhekisa kwibhasi eboniswe kwiintatheli.

UHenry Silvie, 54, ohlala e-East Flatbush kwicandelo laseBrooklyn, uxelele u-Braganca ukuba uyayibona ibhasi eneebhasi ezimbini esebenza njengebhasi ekhawulezayo kodwa hayi njengebhasi yendawo.

Inomdla, utshilo uSilvie. Andiyiboni naphi na eBrooklyn ’ngoba bendibona ngamanyathelo odwa, umntu uza kuwa kwaye bendikubona oko kusenzeka.

Uye wathi unokubangela umba kuye nabani na ongaphezulu kweenyawo ezintandathu ubude. Kodwa uvakalise ithemba lokuba le bhasi izakusebenza, ibiza umdla.

Ibhasi ibonakala ikhululekile, uqhubeke uSilvie. Ndayibona isebenza. Uyabona kabini-deckers nakanjani esixekweni njengeebhasi zabakhenkethi nangona kuvulwe isilingi, kodwa kunjalo, ndiyayibona isebenza. Ndayibona isebenza.

Isicwangciso sokusebenza kwebhasi, Kuxelwe okokuqala yiAmNew York, ikwabandakanya uthungelwano lwendlela yebhasi ehlaziyiweyo kunye netekhnoloji yokuhamba phambili (TSP), itekhnoloji esetyenziselwa ukulungelelanisa izithuthi zokuhamba kunye nemiqondiso yezithuthi ukunciphisa ixesha lokumiswa kweebhasi.

Ikwabandakanya iZiko elitsha le-Bus Command kunye nemiboniso esekwe kwi-GPS yeendawo zebhasi ukuvumela abaqhubi beebhasi kunye nabathumeli ukuba basebenze kunye ukunciphisa ukubetheka (ukushiyana okungalinganiyo kweebhasi ezikhokelela kwiibhasi ezininzi eza kumisa ngaxeshanye).

Ngo-Novemba ka-2017, u-Comptroller Scott Stringer wakhupha uhlalutyo olwafumanisa ukuba isixeko sineebhasi ezicothayo kuso nasiphi na isixeko esikhulu e-United States.

Kwingxelo, uStringer ubize isicwangciso sikaByford inyathelo elicacileyo kwicala elifanelekileyo elifuna ukujongana nemiceli mngeni ayigqamisileyo kwingxelo yakhe.

Ukulungisa inkqubo yethu yeebhasi yinto ebalulekileyo kuqoqosho nakwintlalo ebaluleke kakhulu kwikamva lethu, utshilo. Isicwangciso esibhengezwe namhlanje yi-MTA siyakhuthaza kwaye sinika ithemba kwinkqubela phambili yokwenyani. INew York sisixeko esikudidi lwehlabathi, kwaye lixesha lokuba sibe nenkqubo yebhasi ekumgangatho wayo ukuhamba nayo.

Ekupheleni kukaJulayi, uSihlalo we-MTA uJoe Lhota wabonisa isicwangciso somsebenzi ongaphantsi komhlaba wokulungisa isixeko esihamba phantsi komhlaba.

UScott Gastel, osisithethi seSebe lezoThutho esixekweni (DOT), uthe iDOT ivakalise ukoneliseka zizindululo ezikwisicwangciso sokwenza ibhasi.

Njengoko [DOT] UMkomishinala [uPolly] Trottenberg ephawule emva kwale nkqubo yanamhlanje ye-MTA's Plan Action Plan, sibona konke ukukhwela emnyango, ukuyila ngokutsha uthungelwano lweebhasi kunye nezinto zokufunda abafundi njengamanyathelo afanelekileyo kwaye sijonge phambili kubuhlakani bethu obuqhubekayo kunye I-MTA ekuphuculeni inkonzo yebhasi kwidolophu iphela, utshilo uGastel kwingxelo.

Eli bali lihlaziyiwe ukuze lifake ingxelo evela kwi-DOT.

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