Ibhayisikili likagesi lifikile empilweni yethu ukuze sihlale futhi senze umncintiswano omkhulu kulowo wendabuko ongenawo injini. Akukhona okokuqala ukuthi sibalula izinzuzo zokugibela ibhayisikili nsuku zonke, ikakhulukazi uma sikwenza ukuze sifike emsebenzini (ngaphezu kokuzivocavoca umzimba). Okungacacile kakhulu ukuthi inguqulo kagesi inganikeza induduzo enkulu kumsebenzisi, futhi lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi "bahlale phansi".
Ucwaningo lwakamuva lwase-Europe belufuna ukusula ukungabaza kwethu futhi luveze ukuthi iyiphi imodeli enempilo. Sikutshela konke, ngezansi.
Ibhayisikili likagesi likhuthaza uhambo olude
Ucwaningo lulungiswe yiTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TRIP) futhi lwahlanganisa ukubamba iqhaza kwabantu abadala abangaphezu kwe-10.000 abavela emazweni ahlukene angu-7. Bahlaziya imikhuba yabo yokuhamba, eyayihlanganisa izimoto, izithuthuthu, amabhayisikili kagesi, amabhayisikili avamile nabahamba ngezinyawo.
Ososayensi bacabangele ukusetshenziswa kwangempela kwento ngayinye yokuthutha; okungukuthi, icabangela usizo lokunyathela lwamabhayisikili kagesi, olususa ukuqina okumaphakathi kwama-24% womzamo wokuzivivinya umzimba kanye ukunciphisa isikhathi sokuhamba kufika ku-35% emizileni engalingani kanye no-15% ezindaweni eziyisicaba.
Yilolu lwazi impela olukhuthaza ama-e-bike assemblers ukuthi afeze uhambo olude, kokubili ngesikhathi nebanga. Njengamanje, ibhayisikili likagesi lisetshenziswa izinsuku eziningi ngenyanga (14%) uma kuqhathaniswa nezivamile (5%).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunesinye isici esiyinhloko okunconywa ngaso: i abantu abakhuthele kancane bancamela ukusizwa nge-pedal kwezikagesi Isilinganiso seminyaka yobudala yabashayeli bamabhayisikili bendabuko yiminyaka engu-41, kuyilapho eyamabhayisikili e-e inyuka ifinyelela eminyakeni engu-4. Ngokufanayo, abasebenzisi bamabhayisikili kagesi baphinde basebenzise izimoto ngaphezulu (48% vs. 1%) futhi babe nenkomba yesisindo somzimba ephakeme (68% vs. 51%).
Ingabe inguqulo kagesi ingcono?
Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi abantu abasebenzisa ama-e-bikes baqongelela isilinganiso Imizuzu engu-817 ngesonto, uma kuqhathaniswa nemizuzu engu-471 yabagibeli bamabhayisikili bendabuko kanye nengu-447 yabahamba ngezinyawo. Ngakho-ke singasho ukuthi kuyindlela "enempilo" kakhudlwana, njengoba ikhuthaza abantu ukuthi bagweme ukuhamba ngemoto futhi ibakhuthaze ukuthi bakhuthale.
Yiba noma kunjalo, ukhiye uwukuba usebenze futhi uhambe ngendlela ehlukile endleleni evamile. Uma ungumsebenzisi webhayisikili ovamile noma ohamba ngezinyawo, kuphinde kube yindlela enhle yokuya emsebenzini.