Kulo nyaka, ezoThutho zaseLondon zathi ziyakwandisa kakhulu inani lee-bikes kuloiskimu sokurenta ibhayisekile. I-Santander Cycles, eqaliswe ngo-Oktobha 2022, ineebhayisikili ze-500 kwaye ngoku inama-600. UThutho lwaseLondon lwathi ii-e-bikes ze-1,400 ziya kongezwa kwinethiwekhi ngeli hlotyeni kwaye i-2,000 ingaqeshwa phakathi kweLondon.
UThutho lwaseLondon lubonise ukuba abasebenzisi ababhalisiweyo beiskimu sokurenta ibhayisekileiya kusebenzisa i-e-bikes ekwabelwana ngayo kwiihambo ze-6.75 yezigidi kwi-2023, kodwa ukusetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwehle ukusuka kwi-11.5 yezigidi zokuhamba kwi-2022 ukuya kwi-8.06 yezigidi zohambo kwi-2023, inqanaba eliphantsi kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo. Isizathu sisenokuba ngenxa yeendleko eziphezulu zokusetyenziswa ngakunye.
Ngoko ke, ukususela ngo-Matshi 3, Uthutho lwaseLondon luya kuphinda luqalise umrhumo wokurenta imihla ngemihla. Ixabiso langoku lee-bikes ezabelwana ngazo yi-3 pounds ngosuku. Abo bathenga ii-e-bikes ezirentwayo mihla le banokunikezela ngemizuzu engama-30 yokukhwela. Ukuba urenta ngaphezu kwemizuzu engama-30, uya kuhlawuliswa i-£ 1.65 eyongezelelweyo ngemizuzu engama-30 eyongezelelweyo. Ukuba ubhalisa ngenyanga okanye ngonyaka, uya kuhlawuliswa i-£ 1 ngeyure enye yokusetyenziswa. Kwisiseko sokuhlawula-ngokusebenzisa, ukukhwela ibhayisekile ye-elektroniki kubiza i-£ 3.30 ngemizuzu engama-30.
Amaxabiso amatikiti osuku anyuka ukuya kwi-£ 3 ngosuku, kodwa iifizi zokubhalisa zihlala kwi-£ 20 ngenyanga kunye ne-£ 120 ngonyaka. Ababhalisile bafumana unlimited 60- imizuzu ukukhwela kwaye uhlawule eyongezelelweyo £ 1 ukusebenzisa e-bikes. Ukubhaliswa kwabathengi benyanga okanye ngonyaka kwakhona kuza ne-fob engundoqo enokusetyenziswa ukuvula isithuthi, okwenza kube lula kunokusebenzisa i-smartphone app.
U-Santander uthe uya kuqhubeka nokuxhasa i-flagship yaseLondoniskimu sokurenta ibhayisekilekude kube ubuncinane ngoMeyi 2025.
USodolophu waseLondon uSadiq Khan uthe: “Siyavuya ukuba songeze ii-e-bikes ezintsha ezili-1,400 kwinqanawa yethu, siliphinda kathathu inani elikhoyo ukuze siziqeshe . Iibhayisekile ze-E zingqineke zidume kakhulu ukusukela oko zaziswayo, zinceda ekwaphuleni imiqobo yokukhwela ibhayisekile kwabanye. Amaxabiso amatikiti osuku olutsha nawo ayakwenza ukuba iSantander ibhayisekile ibe yenye yeendlela ezifikelelekayo zokujikeleza ikomkhulu.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jan-26-2024
