Nento onokuyenza ukuwaphepha
Ngabantu abahlukeneyo, ukuthenga ezinkulu kunye neendawo zokutyela ezimangalisayo, kukho izizathu ezininzi zokuthanda iHoston . Kodwa njengawe nawuphi na umzi, akukho ngaphandle kweempazamo zayo. Nazi izinto ezimbalwa abantu abahlala kuzo okanye bavakashele eHoston abakwazi ukuma-kunye nento abayenzayo ukuyiphepha.
I zithuthi
Kwabani na owake wathwala kunye neenxa zonke e-Houston, inzondo ekhethekileyo evezwe ngabaninzi kweso sixeko kufuneka ingangothuki.
Ummandla we-metro unabantu abangaba zigidi ezintandathu bonke abazama ukufikelela kwindawo ethile. Iyure yokukhawuleza ide kwaye ibudlova, kunye nokusetyenziswa kwemali yokuhamba kwendawo ngokuqhelekileyo iiyure ezingama-121 ezongezelelweyo ngonyaka ukulwa nokudibanisa kwendlela. Yongeza kwenkcubeko yokuqhubela phambili yendawo yokuqhubela phambili kunye nokudideka kwamagama eicker names, kwaye kwanele ukushiya nabani na othotyelweyo. Nantsi into onokuyenza:
Ukushayela e-Houston kuyatshatyalaza, ngoko musa. Unako ukuhamba ujikeleze eHoston ngaphandle kwemoto - ngakumbi ukuba uza kutyelela. Uthutho lukawonkewonke kwi-metro yaseHouston aluqhelekanga okanye luqhelekileyo nakwezinye iindawo, kodwa ukhetho lukhoyo. Imizila ye-Houston METRORail iya kwiindawo ezininzi ezikhangayo zedolophu-kubandakanywa iSithili seMyuziyam, iSithili seTheatre , i- NRG Park ne-Texas Medical Centre. Ukuba awukwazi ukuhlala kufuphi nomzila wesitimela, zama ukuqhuba ukuqhuba ukufikelela epakini uze ukhwele, kwaye ufikelele apho uhamba khona. Ngokuxhomekeke kwimeko yesithuthi, kunokuba ngokukhawuleza kunokukhawuleza, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kuba nzima kakhulu.
Ukuba ufanele uqhube umqhubi, qhaqhazela ezinye izikhokelo ezisisiseko se- Houston kuqala. Ngaba uyazi apho "i-Katy Freeway" iphelela kwaye "i-Baytown East Freeway" iqalisa? Kuthiwani ngohluko phakathi kwe "South Loop West" kunye ne "West Loop South"? Ukufumana iifayile eziphambili zeendlela eziphantsi kweedolophu ziya kuhamba indlela ende ukuqonda izikhokelo okanye iingxelo zendlela zerediyo.
Ngokufanayo, ukwazi i-"feeders" kunye ne-EZ Tags kuza kukulondoloza ixesha kwi-tollways, kwaye ukuqonda "umtsalane" kubalulekile ukugcina uxolo xa uxinzelelo lwezithuthi luqala ukunyuka.
Yimo YEZULU
I-Houston inegama elizuziweyo elihle ngokushisa kwaye kumanzi. Akuqhelekanga ukuba izinga lokushisa libe kwi-70s high phakathi noDisemba ngelixa lonke ilizwe lichithwe. Kuhle kakhulu ebusika, kodwa iifesi ziyakushushu. Qinisekisa ukuba kunye nemvula enkulu kunye nezikhukhula eziza ngezinye iintsuku ekupheleni, kwaye izinto zingenakulungeleka. Nangona kunjalo, imozulu ilula ukulawula okanye isebenze ngokusingqongileyo ukuba uyazi ukuba wenzeni:
Yazi ukuba ugqoke (kunye nokokushiya ekhaya) . Ukongezelela ekukhuselekeni kwimoya yendawo yefesti, ukwazi ukuba ukupakisha xa uhamba okanye u tyelela iHouston kunokukunceda uhlale ukhululekile. Gqoka iimpahla ezigqithiseleyo kwiindawo kunye nezicathulo ezinokuthi ungasebenzisa ukuhamba ngamathanga angenakunqandwa. Yizisa i-ambulera eqinile - kungekhona nje kwimvula enamandla kunye nemimoya ephezulu, kodwa kunye nelanga-ngokukhethekileyo iintsuku eziqaqambileyo.
Ukuba u tyelela, cwangcisa uhambo lwakho lokuwa. Ubusika bukaHouston buyinto engalindelekanga-kunye namaqondo okubhakabhaka ahamba phakathi kwama-30s aphezulu kunye nama-70 aphakamileyo. Iimithombo zivame ukuba yimvula, kwaye iifudumele zibuhlungu kakhulu kubantu abaninzi ngaphandle ukuba banandiphe.
Kodwa ukuwa? Ukuwa e-Houston kukuhle: Iimpepho zifudumala, kodwa azifudumala kakhulu, kwaye zikhona iintsuku ezimbalwa zemvula ukulwa nazo.
The Sprawl
Ngokungafani neNew York City okanye iChicago, i-Houston ayinakuvinjelwa yijografi. Ukuqhutyelwa kwabemi kubonwe kwinqanaba lekhulu leminyaka elidlulileyo kuye kwasasazeka kuzo zonke izikhokelo, kubangele indawo yedolophu elula ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezili-9,444 ezilikhulu-ezinkulu kunelizwe laseNew Jersey. Ngaphandle kweso sithuthi, ukufika ukusuka kwindawo ukuya kwindawo kudla ixesha. Nazi iindlela ezimbalwa zokulawula i-sprawl:
Hlalani nantoni apho nifuna khona . Naluphi na injongo yakho ephambili yokuhlala eHouston - isiganeko, umsebenzi, othandekayo-zama ukuhlala usondele njengoko unakho. Oku kuya kukunceda ungaphepheli ixesha lokubaluleka.
Fumana indawo kwisixeko, kwaye uyihlolisise ngokupheleleyo. Ungakwazi ukuchitha ixesha elide iintsuku okanye iiveki ezinde ukuhlola yonke indawo kwindawo ethile, kunye neendawo ezininzi zaseHouston - njengeSithili seMyuziyam, iIights, ne-Montrose - zilungele.
Ngaphandle kweendawo ezingaphandle kwesi sixeko, njengeSyar Land, i-Katy, okanye i-Spring, zinamaziko amakhulu asezidolophini kunye nenkatho ukuze ubone nokuyenza. Ngokungazami ukwenza yonke into, unokuyonwabela kwiindawo ozivakatyelayo.
URobyn Correll uncedise kule ngxelo.