TAMPA. Pali njira zambiri zoyendera mumzinda wa Tampa masiku ano: kuyenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kukwera njinga ndi ma scooter amagetsi, kukwera taxi yamadzi, kukwera ma tram aulere, kapena kukwera galimoto yakale.
Malo obwereketsa ngolo ya gofu m'mbali mwa msewu adatsegulidwa posachedwapa m'mphepete mwa dera la Water Street lomwe likukula mofulumira mumzinda wa Tampa, ndipo lakhala kale malo ofunikira kwambiri m'madera kuyambira pakati pa mzinda wa Sun City mpaka ku Davis Islands - anthu am'deralo amatha kuona anthu odziwa bwino ntchito akugwira ntchito mozungulira iwo - othamanga.
Bizinesi yobwereka ndi ya Ethan Luster, yemwenso amapanga magaleta a gofu ku Clearwater Beach, St. Pete Beach, Indian Rocks Beach ndi Dunedin. Luster amakhala pafupi ndi Harbor Island, komwe—inde—ali ndi galeta la gofu.
Magalimoto ang'onoang'ono a magalimoto asanu ndi atatu onyamula anthu anayi obwereka kuchokera pamalo oimika magalimoto pa 369 S 12th St. moyang'anizana ndi Florida Aquarium, ndi ovomerezeka ndipo ali ndi magetsi ofunikira, zizindikiro zotembenukira ndi zida zina. Akhoza kuyendetsedwa m'misewu yokhala ndi malire a liwiro la 35 mph kapena kuchepera.
“Mukhoza kupita nayo ku Armature Works,” anatero Luster, wazaka 26. “Mukhozanso kupita nayo ku Hyde Park.”
Monga momwe zinalili, zomwe anthu ambiri achita, makamaka omwe amathandizira njira zina zoyendera pamsewu, zakhala zosangalatsa.
Kimberly Curtis, wapampando wa Straits District Community Renewal District, anati posachedwapa anaona ngolo za gofu m'misewu yapafupi koma ankaganiza kuti zinali pamalo achinsinsi.
“Ndikugwirizana nazo,” iye anatero. “Ngati sali panjira zoyendera njinga, kuyenda m’mitsinje, ndi m’misewu yoyenda pansi, iyi ndi njira yabwino.”
Ashley Anderson, wolankhulira bungwe la Downtown Tampa Partnership, akuvomereza kuti: “Tikugwira ntchito ndi njira iliyonse yoyendetsera magalimoto kuti tichotse magalimoto pamsewu,” iye anatero.
"Ine ndekha ndingathandize njira zosiyanasiyana zoyendera monga momwe tingaganizire," anatero Karen Kress, mkulu wa mayendedwe ndi mgwirizano wa mapulani, bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limayang'anira mzinda kudzera mu mgwirizano ndi mzinda.
Njira zina zoyendera pakati pa mzinda zomwe zayamba m'zaka zaposachedwa ndi kubwereka njinga, ma scooter amagetsi, maulendo oyenda ndi mawilo awiri, oyendetsedwa ndi injini, maulendo oimika magalimoto, ma taxi amadzi a pirate ndi maboti ena pa Mtsinje wa Hillsborough, ndi maulendo a rickshaw nthawi zonse. Ma rickshaw a njinga amapezeka pakati pa mzinda ndi mzinda wa Ybor. Ulendo wa maola awiri mumzinda umapezekanso pa ngolo ya gofu.
"Ndi nkhani yokhala ndi njira ina yoyendera ku Tampa," anatero Brandi Miklus, wogwirizanitsa pulogalamu ya zomangamanga ndi zoyendera mumzinda. "Ingopangitsani kukhala malo otetezeka komanso osangalatsa kuyendamo."
Palibe amene akuyenera kugulitsa Abby Ahern wokhala ku Tampa pa ngolo ya gofu, ndipo ndi wogulitsa nyumba zamalonda: amayendetsa galimoto yake yamagetsi kuchokera m'mabwalo akumpoto kwa mzinda kupita kukagwira ntchito ku Davis Islands, kum'mwera kwa mzinda. Kudya ndi maphunziro a baseball a mwana wake wamwamuna.
Bizinesi yatsopano yobwereka mumzinda imafuna kuti madalaivala akhale ndi zaka zosachepera 25 ndipo akhale ndi laisensi yoyendetsa galimoto yovomerezeka. Kubwereka ma trolley ndi $35 pa ola limodzi ndi $25 pa ola limodzi kwa maola awiri kapena kuposerapo. Tsiku lonse limawononga $225.
Luster adati miyezi yachilimwe yakhala ikuchedwa pang'ono mpaka pano, koma akuyembekeza kuti izi zipitirire pamene nkhani zikutuluka.
Nthawi yotumizira: Marichi-20-2023
