(Umzekeliso: uStephen Jacob Smith) IGunya leZibuko belihlala liseta iirekhodi ngeendlela ezilungileyo. IBhulorho yaseGeorge Washington yayiyimimangaliso yobunjineli ngomhla wayo, eyona bhulorho inde kwihlabathi xa yayisakhiwa, kwaye iseyeyona ixakekileyo. Isikhululo seBhasi yeSikhululo seBhasi, esivulwe ngo-1950, ukuza kuthi ga kulo mhla sesona sikhulu emhlabeni ngomthamo wabahambi.
Kodwa namhlanje, iPort Authority yaseNew York naseNew Jersey ayiqhayisi ngeerekhodi ezibekiweyo. IZiko elinye lezoRhwebo leHlabathi, elazalwa yiFreedom Tower laza lathathwa lizibuko ngowama-2006, liya kuba sesona sakhiwo sibiza imali kakhulu ehlabathini. IZiko loKhuseleko lweZithuthi, igaraji yebhasi ekhenketha ngaphantsi komhlaba kunye nenethiwekhi yendlela ekhonza iZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi, inokuba yeyona ndawo ibiza kakhulu yokupaka embalini.
Kwaye ke kukho isikhululo se-PATH esiya eNew Jersey, eyona projekthi inengxaki kwenye yeendawo zokwakha ezinobunzima emhlabeni. Kwi-3.74 yezigidigidi zeedola, kunye nezinye i-200 yezigidi zeerandi ezingxamisekileyo, iZiko lezoThutho kwiZiko loRhwebo leHlabathi-nditsho nesona sikhululo sixakekileyo kwiSithili sezeMali-siya kuba kude kwaye sibe sesona sikhululo sikaloliwe sibiza kakhulu kwimbali yanamhlanje.
Ihabhu, njengoko yaziwa ngokuba yiPort Authority iyathetha, iya kuba yinkcazo yobugcisa kwisithsaba seZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi, mhlawumbi isenzo sokugqibela esikhulu kwisiza ebekufanele ukuba sigcwele. Makhe ndikwenzele into endingenakukuthetha, umakhi wayo, uSantiago Calatrava, wathi xa kutyhilwa ngo-2004. Emva koko, yabhala iNewsweek, wazobe kakuhle umntwana ekhulula intaka — umfanekiso ojikelezayo owawuphefumlele uyilo lwakhe.
Xa amabhongo amakhulu kunye neemvakalelo zango-9/11 zadibana negunya elidumileyo lasePort Authority, kwehla intlekele. Ukuhamba kwemishini, irhuluneli engakhathaleliyo kunye nezopolitiko ezigqithisileyo zathumela iindleko esibhakabhakeni, ekugqibeleni zigqithile nakwimithombo yokubeka irekhodi enikezelwe kuyo. Amaphiko ayo kuye kwafuneka aqingqiwe kwaye izixhasi zawo zaqina, intaka ebhabha isiya kwi-stegosaurus engenamandla. Esona sikhululo sikaloliwe sibiza kakhulu emhlabeni, kubonakala ngathi, sasingabizi ngokwaneleyo ukuba singaqulatha onke amaphupha aseNew York.
Phantse i-4 yezigidigidi zeedola, uninzi lweedolophu lunokwakha yonke imigca engaphantsi kwendlela. Nokuba i-MTA, eyaphula rhoqo iirekhodi ezizezayo, ikwazile ukwakha ihabhu yeZiko leFulton, ukulungiswa kwemigca emihlanu exineneyo, nge $ 1.4 yezigidigidi. Akukho tonela zendlela zikaloliwe zibiza ngaphezulu kwee-MTA, kodwa nokuba zinokufumana inkxaso-mali kwisigaba sesibini sendlela yangaphantsi, ukusuka kwi-96th Street ukuya kwi-125, ngolo hlobo lwemali.
Isikhululo sePATH seZiko loRhwebo seHlabathi asihlali sixakekile. Akukho mntu ngobukrelekrele onokuthi inqanaba loyilo kunye nolwakhiwo olunxulunyaniswa nalo lalilingana nenqanaba lokusetyenziswa, utshilo owayesakuba ngumkomishinala. (Njengophantse wonke umntu esidlan 'indlebe naye ngeli bali, uya kuthetha kuphela kwimeko yokungaziwa.)
IPort Authority iyathanda ukudlala ngokubaluleka kwesikhululo ngokusibiza ngokuba yindawo yesithathu ngobukhulu yokuhamba eManhattan. Leyo ibango elincinci kakhulu. Ukuba inkqubo ye-PATH ibinokudityaniswa kuloliwe ongaphantsi kweSixeko saseNew York (hayi, phantse i-4 yezigidigidi zeerandi ayithengi ukuhanjiswa simahla kuloliwe ongaphantsi), indawo yokumisa iZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi ibingasayi kuqhekeza kwizikhululo ezili-10 ezixakekileyo. 
Nje ukuba intaka ibhabhe, iHub iye yahamba yaya kwi-stegosaurus.
Ngegalelo lalo kwiprojekthi, ebelifanele ukuyixabisa phantse kungabikho kwanto, ibhaluni iphantse yafika kwi-1 yezigidigidi zeedola, ngoku i-Port Authority ayifumani mali yokuxhasa ngezimali iiprojekthi zothutho lwengingqi ngokwesiko ebelithethelela ubukho bayo.
Ngo-2009, ukuhlawulela ibhaluni yeendleko zeZiko loRhwebo lweHlabathi, i-Port yasika i-5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwisicwangciso sayo seminyaka eli-10. Oko kuyakholisa ukuthengisa okwethutyana okwexeshana njengoko uMoody wayephucule umlinganiso weBort Authority kunyaka olandelayo, kodwa waphinda waphinda waphinda wabuya ngowama-2012 ngenxa yeendleko zeZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi ezandayo kunye noloyiko lokuba amandla ePort abonakala engenamda wokunyusa umrhumo webhulorho kunye netonela. inokuthi inyiniwe.
Ukusuka kwitonela kaloliwe ecetywayo ye-ARC phantsi kwe-Hudson ukuya eMidtown (irhoxisiwe nguChris Christie ngo-2010) kunye nokwandiswa koololiwe be-PATH ukuya kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseNewark (ngexabiso elimalunga ne-500 yezigidi zeedola) ukulungiswa ngokutsha kwesikhululo senqwelomoya saseLa Guardia ($ 1 bhiliyoni kwinkxaso mali yenqunyulwe ngo-2009), lo mmandla uneemfuno, kwaye iPort Authority iyasokola ukuzixhasa. Amaphepha:1 Mbini 3
