Manje njengoba sesifinyelele kwamanye amaqiniso avame ukubikwa ngokungeyikho, ake sibheke ukuthi i-prototype visor efakwe ezitobhini ezine zamabhasi e-Los Angeles ngesonto eledlule yabusa kanjani ezinkundleni zokuxhumana njengokuhlolwa kwe-inkblot yepolitiki ye-Rorschach ehlulekile.indaba ethokozisayo yokuthi singenza kanjani izithuthi zomphakathi zibe lula kubantu besifazane.
Ingxabano yaqubuka ngesonto eledlule lapho izikhulu zoMnyango WezokuThutha e-Los Angeles zibambe isithangami sabezindaba nelungu loMkhandlu Wedolobha lase-Los Angeles u-Youniss Hernandez ukuze bamemezele ukuthunyelwa kohlelo olusha lokufiphaza nokukhanyisa esitobhini samabhasi saseWest Lake.Ezithombeni, umklamo awubukeki ukhanga kakhulu: ucezu olumise okwe-skateboardenezimboboinsimbi ilenga kwikhawunta futhi ibukeka sengathi ingaphonsa isithunzi kubantu abaningi ababili noma abathathu.Ebusuku, izibani zelanga zenzelwe ukukhanyisa emigwaqweni.
Edolobheni lapho ukuntuleka komthunzi ezungeze izitobhi zamabhasi kuyinkinga enkulu (ekhuliswa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu), i-La Sombrita, njengoba abaklami beyibiza kanjalo, isiphenduke ihlaya.Ngiyavuma ukuthi lokhu bekuwukusabela kwami ​​kokuqala.Isithombe sesithangami sabezindaba, lapho ithimba lezikhulu libheka khona isigxobo esikhazimulayo, ngokushesha saba meme ku-Twitter.
Izinkulungwane zeziteshi ezingaphansi komhlaba azinawo amakhava noma izihlalo.Kodwa isiphakamiso sokuvula izindawo zokukhosela ezintsha eLos Angeles ngokukhangisa kwedijithali siphakamise imibuzo.
Okubi kakhulu yi-PR.Isexwayiso sabezindaba simemezele ngokukhululeka "umklamo wokuqala wohlobo lwaso we-bus stop shading" futhi sawuveza njengengxenye yomzamo wokukhuthaza ukulingana ngokobulili kwezokuthutha zomphakathi.Uma ulandela le ndaba ku-Twitter, unombono omncane kakhulu ukuthi ucezu lwe-insimbiendukwini kuzosiza abantu besifazane.Kwakufana nokunikezela emikhubeni ka-Angeleno yokucindezela eyayibekwe ezitobhini eziningi zamabhasi: sacasha ngemva kwezigxobo zocingo futhi sathandazela ukuthi bangaphephuki emakhanda abo.
Emahoreni ambalwa ngemuva kwesithangami sabezindaba, izingqapheli zonkana zezombusazwe zabona iLa Sombrita njengophawu lokuthi konke akulungile edolobheni.Kwesokunxele uhulumeni ongenandaba nowenza kancane kunobuncane obuncane ezakhamuzini zakhe.Ngakwesokudla kunobufakazi bokuthi idolobha eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka limi ngaphansi komthetho - i-Los Angeles eyisimungulu ayikwazi ukukunikeza."Ukwehluleka kanjani kwingqalasizinda," kusho umsebenzi ovela esikhungweni seCato Institute.
Futhi, ngenxa yamaqiniso amaningi angaphelele asakazwayo, i-La Sombrita ayisona isitobhi sebhasi.Futhi ayakhelwe ukushintsha izitobhi zamabhasi.Eqinisweni, i-LADOT akuyona i-ejensi yedolobha ephethe izitobhi zamabhasi.Lena yi-StreetsLA, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Street Services Agency, eyingxenye yoMnyango Wezemisebenzi Yomphakathi.
Esikhundleni salokho, i-La Sombrita ikhule ocwaningweni olujabulisayo lwango-2021 lwe-LADOT olubizwa ngokuthi “Izindlela Ezishintshayo” ezazibheka ukuthi izithuthi zomphakathi zingalingana kanjani kwabesifazane.
Izinhlelo eziningi zokuthutha zasemadolobheni zenzelwe abagibeli abavela ku-9 kuya ku-5, ngokuvamile amadoda.Ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha njengezindawo zokuphumuza izingalo nobude bezihlalo zenzelwe ukuzungeza umzimba wesilisa.Kodwa phakathi namashumi eminyaka, isitayela sokushayela sishintshile.Kumasipala osebenzela i-Los Angeles County, abesifazane bakha iningi labashayeli bamabhasi ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, ngokusho kocwaningo lweMetro olukhishwe ngonyaka odlule.Manje sebeyingxenye yabantu abasebenzisa amabhasi.
Nokho, lezi zinhlelo aziklanywanga kucatshangelwa izidingo zazo.Imizila ingaba wusizo ekuyiseni abahambi noma bebuya emsebenzini, kodwa ingasebenzi kahle kakhulu ekutholeni abanakekeli besuka esikoleni baye ekuzilolongeni ibhola, baye esitolo esikhulu, nasekhaya ngesikhathi esifanele.Kube nenkinga eyengeziwe ngokufaka ingane kusilayidi ukuze izule kusistimu.(Ngimema bonke ababhali bazonda ubulili ukuthi bagibele ibhasi bezungeza LA behudula ingane, ingane encane, nezikhwama ezimbili zegrosa. Noma behle emigwaqweni eyihlane ebusuku zingenazo izigxobo zesibani.)
Ucwaningo lwango-2021 luyisinyathelo sokuqala sokucutshungulwa ngokucophelela lolu daba.Yagunyazwa yi-LA DOT futhi iholwa i-Kounquy Design Initiative (KDI), inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yomklamo kanye nenhlangano yokuthuthukisa umphakathi.(Bake basebenza ngaphambilini kumaphrojekthi e-Los Angeles, okuhlanganisa “I-Play Streets” ye-LA DOT, evala imigwaqo yedolobha okwesikhashana futhi iyenze ibe izinkundla zokudlala zesikhashana.)
“Imizila Eshintshayo” igxile kubagibeli besifazane abavela emadolobheni amathathu—i-Watts, i-Soter, ne-Sun Valley—abangameleli nje kuphela izinhlobonhlobo zezindawo zasemadolobheni, kodwa futhi abanamaphesenti aphezulu abesifazane abasebenzayo abangenayo imoto.Ezingeni lokuklama, lo mbiko uphetha ngokuthi: “Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi amasistimu ahluleka ukwamukela abesifazane ngokwanele, kodwa ingqalasizinda esetshenziswa kulezi zinhlelo ibeka phambili okuhlangenwe nakho kwabesilisa.”
Izincomo zifaka phakathi ukuqoqa idatha engcono, ukuthuthukisa izinketho zezokuthutha zokungcebeleka, ukuhlela kabusha ukuze kubonise kangcono amaphethini okuhamba kwabesifazane, nokuthuthukisa idizayini nokuphepha.
Umbiko usuvele wenze izinguquko ezincane ohlelweni: Ngo-2021, i-LADOT yethula ukuhlolwa kokupaka okudingekayo emizileni emine yohlelo lwayo lwezokuthutha lwe-DASH kusukela ngo-18:00 kuya ku-07:00 isikhathi sesegimenti.
I-KDI njengamanje yenza uhlelo lokusebenza olubizwa ngokuthi “Next Stop” oluzosiza ukusebenzisa ezinye zezincomo zenqubomgomo ezibanzi ezivela ocwaningweni lokuqala."Lona umhlahlandlela wezenzo i-DOT engazithatha emigqeni yayo yebhizinisi engama-54 ukwenza ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha ihlanganise ubulili," kusho u-Chelyna Odbert, umsunguli kanye ne-CEO ye-KDI.
Uhlelo lokusebenza, okulindeleke ukuthi luphothulwe ekupheleni konyaka, luzohlinzeka ngomhlahlandlela mayelana nokuqasha, ukuqoqwa kwedatha kanye nezindleko zokugibela.Abesifazane bajwayele ukwenza imali eningi, okusho ukuthi banomthwalo onzima wezezimali uma singenakho ukudluliselwa kwamahhala phakathi kwezinhlelo,” kusho u-Odbert.
Ithimba liphinde lihlole izindlela zokwenza inqubo ibe lula, edinga ukubandakanyeka kwama-ejensi amaningi edolobha.Isibonelo, ukufakwa kwezitobhi zamabhasi bekulokhu kuthinyazwa ama-red tape kanye nezifiso zamasekela omkhandlu wedolobha ngamanye.
Ukweseka uhlelo lokusebenza, i-ODI kanye ne-LADOT baphinde bakha amaqembu amabili asebenzayo: elilodwa elivela kubahlali bedolobha kanti elinye livela kubamele iminyango eyahlukene.U-Odbert uthe bafuna izindlela zokweseka inqubomgomo yesikhathi eside ngezixazululo ezincane zengqalasizinda.Ngakho banquma ukuxazulula inkinga eqhubekayo lapho bekhuluma nabesifazane phakathi nesifundo sokuqala: izithunzi nokukhanya.
I-KDI isungule imiqondo eminingi ehlanganisa ama-awnings aqondile ngobubanzi obuhlukahlukene, amanye aphendukayo futhi amanye anezihlalo.Kodwa-ke, njengesiqalo, kwanqunywa ukukhiqiza imodeli ye-prototype engafakwa esigxotsheni se-LADOT ngendaba yamaminithi, ngaphandle kokudinga izimvume ezengeziwe kanye nezinsiza.Wazalwa kanjalo uLa Sombrita.
Ukuze kucace, ukuklama kanye ne-prototyping kuxhaswe yi-Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, akukho mali yedolobha eyasetshenziselwa ukudala umthunzi.I-prototype ngayinye ibiza cishe u- $ 10,000 okubandakanya ukuklama, izinto zokwakha kanye nobunjiniyela, kodwa umqondo wukuthi uma kukhiqizwa ngobuningi, izindleko zizokwehla cishe ku-$ 2,000 ngombala ngamunye, kusho u-Odbert.
Okunye ukucaciswa: njengoba kubikwe kabanzi, abaklami abazange bachithe amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaRandi beya kwamanye amadolobha ukuze bafunde izakhiwo ze-shading.Kuhlobene nokuhamba, kusho u-Odbert, kodwa ucwaningo lokuthi izikhungo zezokuthutha kwamanye amazwe zibanakekela kanjani abagibeli besifazane selusezigabeni zalo zokuqala.“Umthunzi,” kusho yena, “kwakungeyona into eyayigxile kulo msebenzi ngaleso sikhathi.”
Ngaphezu kwalokho, iLa Sombrita iyisibonelo.Ngokusekelwe kumpendulo, ingase ibuyekezwe noma ilahlwe, kungase kuvele esinye isibonelo.
Kodwa-ke, iLa Sombrita inebhadi lokufika ngesikhathi esikhungathekisa kakhulu kubagibeli bamabhasi e-LA asebezabalaze iminyaka - Embikweni oshicilelwe ekwindla edlule, uzakwethu uRachel Uranga uchaze kabanzi ukuthi imodeli yokukhangisa ilethe kanjani kuphela izindawo zokukhosela ezingama-660 kwezingu-2,185 ezithenjisiwe. Isikhathi seminyaka engama-20.Nokho, naphezu kokuhlehla, ngonyaka odlule ibhodi linqume ukusayina enye inkontileka yokukhangisa nomunye umhlinzeki.
Intatheli equkethwe u-Alyssa Walker iphawule ku-Twitter ukuthi intukuthelo yamanje ngokumelene noLa Sombrita iqondiswe kangcono kwinkontileka yesitobhi sebhasi.
Phela imigwaqo emikhulu ayivamisile ukuphoqwa ukuba ihlale intanta ngale ndlela.Njengoba uJessica Meaney, umqondisi weqembu elimela ukuhamba kwezimali i-Investing in Place, etshela i-LAist ngonyaka odlule, “Iqiniso lokuthi asifaki imali ekuthuthukisweni kwezitobhi zamabhasi, ngaphandle uma kuhlobene nokukhangisa, liyi-anachronism.Eqinisweni, kuyisimo sokujezisa samabhasi”.abagibeli ababhekene nenkonzo yamabhasi engakaze ibe ngcono kangako eminyakeni engu-30.”
Ngokombiko oshicilelwe yi-dot.LA ngoMashi, ukwethulwa kwendawo entsha yokukhosela, eklanywe ngabakwaTransito-Vector, kubambezeleke kusukela kuleli hlobo kuze kube sekwindla.(Umkhulumeli we-DPW akakwazanga ukunikeza isibuyekezo sale ndaba kusenesikhathi.)
Umkhulumeli we-LADOT waphawula ukuthi iLa Sombrita “ayithathi indawo yokutshala izimali ezibalulekile esizidinga kakhulu, njengezitobhi zamabhasi nezibani zasemgwaqweni.Lokhu okuhlukile kokuhlola kuhloselwe ukuhlola ukudalwa kwenani elincane lesithunzi nokukhanya lapho ezinye izixazululo zingakwazi ukuqaliswa ngokushesha.Izindlela.
Isixhumi sesifunda savulwa edolobheni lase-Los Angeles ngoJuni 16, saqeda ukuhlukana okuxhumanisa i-Long Beach ne-Azusa, i-East Los Angeles, ne-Santa Monica.
Uma kuziwa ezinqumweni zokuklama, izithunzi zingcono kunalutho.Ngivakashele i-East LA prototype ngoMsombuluko futhi ngathola ukuthi yasiza ukuvikela umzimba ophezulu elangeni lakusihlwa, nakuba kwakuvunyelwe kuphela ama-71 degrees.Kodwa kwakumele ngikhethe phakathi kwethunzi nesihlalo ngoba azihambelani.
UJoe Linton we-Streetsblog wabhala esihlokweni esihlakaniphile: “Le phrojekthi izama ukuthola indawo eyakhayo e-Los Angeles engalingani kakhulu, lapho sekunomehluko omkhulu kakade, ukuze kuxazululwe ubunzima bokusabalalisa ifenisha yasemgwaqweni.Kodwa… ULa Sombrita usazizwa enganele.”
Ama-tweets amaningi alungile: akuhlaba umxhwele.Kodwa ucwaningo olwaholela eLa Sombrita lwalungekho.Lesi isinyathelo esihlakaniphile sokwenza umphakathiezokuthuthaisabela kakhudlwana kuwo wonke umuntu oyisebenzisayo.Njengowesifazane olinde ibhasi emgwaqweni ongenamuntu, ngikushayela ihlombe lokhu.
Phela, iphutha elikhulu lapha ukungazami idizayini entsha.Bekuyisithangami sabezindaba esikhiphe ukushisa okungaphezu kokukhanya.
Thola i-newsletter yethu ye-LA Goes Out yemicimbi ephezulu yesonto ukuze ikusize uhlole futhi ujabulele idolobha lethu.
U-Carolina A. Miranda ungumbhali wengosi yobuciko nokuklama we-Los Angeles Times, evamise ukuhlanganisa ezinye izici zesiko, okuhlanganisa ukusebenza, izincwadi, nempilo yedijithali.