Ukuhamba phakathi kweBrooklyn ne-Staten Island akunakwenzeka ngebhayisikili yodwa.
Kukho iikhilomitha zeendlela zokuhamba ngebhayisikili kwiBrooklyn naseStenen Island, kodwa ngo-2018 isicwangciso esivela kwiSixeko saseNew York asikabandakanyi indlela yokuhamba ngebhayisikili okanye indlela yokuhamba ngeenyawo kwi-Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, edibanisa amabhunga amabini.
Nangona kunjalo, kukho iindlela ezininzi zokufikelela kwi-Staten Island ngebhayisiki kuquka iinkonzo ze-ferry phakathi kweBrooklyn naseManhattan naseStenen Island kunye nokukhwela kwelinye leebhasi ezintsha zeMetropolitan Transport (ii-MTA's) ezinezixhobo zokuhamba ngebhayisikili ezongeziweyo ekuqaleni kuka-2017.
Sekunjalo, ezi ndlela zendlela yokuthutha zihlala zilukhuni kwaye zichitha ixesha kunye nezixhasi zokuhamba ngeebhayisikili ukusuka ekugqibeleni ukuya kwinqanaba lesihlanu laseNew York. Ixesha elilodwa kuphela iVerzanozano-Narrows Bridge evulelekile kubaqhubi beebhayisikili zihlandlo ezizodwa ezifana ne-Boro Bike Tour yonyaka xa iindlela zendlela ziyancitshiswa ukuze zenze imizila yebhayisikili yesikhashana ngexesha lohambo.
Ukufumana iBhayisike Yakho kwiStenen Island eBrooklyn
Okwangoku, kukho iindlela ezininzi onokuthutha ibhayisikili yakho ukusuka eBrooklyn (okanye kwiManhattan) ukuya kwiStenen Island, kodwa indlela nganye ithatha ixesha elide ngaphezu kokuhamba ngebhayisikili kwi-Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
Eyona ndlela elula kunale ndlela ukukhwela ibhayisikili yakho ibe yiNansi yeManhattan ngaphesheya kwembombo ukuya kwiStel Terminal Terminal apho ungakhokhela imali yokuzithutha kunye nebhayisikili yakho ukuya kwisiqithi seqithi. Kuphela, uhambo oluvela eBushwick ukuya kwiStown George Ferry Terminal yaseStennen luthatha ixesha elingaphezulu kweyure ngexesha elifanelekileyo.
Enye indlela yokuhamba ngebhayisikili ukuya e-Fort Hamilton, eBrooklyn, eyona nxalenye engasenyakatho yeBrooklyn kwaye kufuphi neVerzano-Narrows Bridge . Kulapho, unokwakheka kwelinye lamabhasi ase-MTA-anethemba lokuba unesithuthuthu. Ukuba unethamsanqa ukufumana enye yeebhasi ezitsha, lonke uhambo luya kuthatha malunga neyure nesiqingatha.
Inkqubela kwi-Bike Lanes kwi-Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Ekupheleni kuka-2015, i -MTA yesiXeko saseNew York yatyala ibhajethi yokufaka iibhasi kunye neendlela zokuhamba ngeenyawo kwi-Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, kodwa ekupheleni konyaka we-2017, akukabikho nkqubela phambili ekufunyenwe kwilwayo okanye ukwakhiwa kwale projekthi.
Kunoko, i-lobbyists kunye nabomthetho kulo mzi bathi le projekthi yayiza kubiza i-dollar ayi-300 yezigidigidi, ukuqikelela ukuba abagxeki abaninzi bayangqineka babeneenkcitho ezingadingekanga kwaye mhlawumbi njengendlela yokukhupha abavoti ukuba bavume ukuqala.
Kubonakala ukuba isicwangciso sasebenza. Ekuqaleni kowe-2016, isicwangciso sebhayisiki kunye neendlela zokuhamba ngeenyawo zachithwa kwiprojekti yeprojekthi yokulungiswa kwe-Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, ngoku ibe yinkalo ye-HOV eyongezelelweyo, ukuvumela ukuba iinqwelo ezininzi zidlule phakathi kweBrooklyn ne-Staten Island ngelixa zingenzi nto ukulungisa ingxaki yokufikelela kwebhayisikili phakathi kwamabhunga.
Ngoko, kubonakala ngathi lixesha lokuba yi-bicyclists abathembekileyo abafuna ukuhlangabezana neBrooklyn kunye neStenen Island ngelinye ilanga kuya kufuneka bazinze ngokuthatha ibhasi okanye isikebhe phakathi kwezi zibini-kungeyona imeko enzima kunazo zonke, kodwa ngoku ukuhamba ngebhayisike ngosuku ukuhamba.