Ngaba ukhe weva malunga nomfana ohamba enqumla kwilizwe kaloliwe kuloliwe ngeedola ezingama-200 kuphela? Ibali ivuselelwe kwiveki ephelileyo kwaye sele kwabelwana ngamawakawaka.
Uhambo lunokwenzeka. Kwaye ibali liyinyani. Kodwa ayithethi ukuba indlela yokuhamba ngexabiso eliphantsi ifana njani nokwenza isivumelwano nomtyholi.
Yonke le nto yaqala xa uDerek Low ethatha u-Amtrak esuka eSan Francisco esiya kwisiXeko saseNew York ngo-2011 iposwe malunga namava kwibhlog yakhe -Ukwabelana ngamagqabantshintshi afana neSierra Nevada, iiRockies, noMlambo iColorado-uxelela abanye abahambi ukuba uhambo lweentsuku ezine ezinqamleza ilizwe lunokwenzeka nge- $ 213 kuphela. (Kwaye ngentlawulo yokubonisana eyi- $ 49, uLow uya kunceda abahambi babhukishe uhambo lwakhe).
Abo banobuchule bejografi yaseMelika baya kuqaphela ukuba zonke izinto ezigqwesileyo zikaLow zivela kwinxalenye yohambo lwaseNtshona. Akakhankanyi naziphi na iisayithi ezintle emva kweDenver. Kodwa uhambo olusuka eDenver luye kwisiXeko saseNew York luhlala malunga neeyure ezingama-40 (ukuba unethamsanqa). Ergo, ezo yure ezingama-40 ukhwele uloliwe ngaphandle kweziphazamiso zangaphandle.
Ke uthini malunga kwenzeka ntoni ngaphakathi emotweni kaloliwe ngelo xesha?
Nawuphi na umhambi ucinga ngexabiso eliphantsi lokuwela ilizwe ukukhwela uloliwe kufanele ukuba bakulungele ukukhulula indawo yabo kangangeentsuku ezininzi. Iintsuku ezine-kubandakanya (ubuncinci) nobusuku obuthathu-abahambi baya kusebenzisa izihlalo zabo njengesingqengqelo, igumbi lokutyela kunye nokulala. Kuyenzeka ukuba ubhukishe imoto yokulala kohambo, kodwa iindleko ezingaphezulu zinokukhawuleza ngaphezulu kwe- $ 1,000 .
Gcina ukhumbula ukuba ukuthenga ukutya kwitreyini yenye yeendlela eziphambili zokukhupha isipaji. Amaxabiso okutya ayahambelana nalawo epakini yokonwabisa, kwaye ukuba icebo lakho kukusela indlela yakho kuhambo lweentsuku ezine, kungcono iBYOB. Amaxabiso otywala anele ukuqhuba ukuba usele.
Nangona iLakeshore Limited iloliwe (indlela esuka eChicago ukuya eNew York) ineWi-Fi ebhodini, inkonzo yaseCalifornia Zephyr ayinayo. Oko kuthetha ukuba abahambi baya kuchitha ubuncinci iiyure ezingama-50 bexhuzula imirhumo yedatha ukunxibelelana nehlabathi elingaphandle koololiwe — kwiindawo apho kunokwenzeka ukuba kuthabathe umqondiso weseli, ubuncinci.
Kwaye akukho ukufikelela kwimvula. Kwaye, kwabo bakhumbula kwasekuqaleni kule nkcazo, lonke uhambo luthatha iintsuku ezine. Iintsuku ezine. Akukho zihlambi nabani na. Akukho sithuba sobuqu. (Ngaphandle kokuba ubhukishe lo uleleyo, oza nokufikelela kwishawa.)
Kwabo banakho ukusingatha yonke imiqathango kaloliwe kangangeentsuku ezine, khumbula ukuba uhambo olo lungathatha ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezine. Inkonzo yeLakeshore limited ifike ngexesha ngama-56.3 epesenti kuphela yexesha Kwiinyanga ezili-12 ezidlulileyo. Ukusebenza kweCalifornia Zephyr kungcono kancinci, ukufika ngexesha malunga Iipesenti ezingama-70 zexesha .
Kubahambi abakulungeleyo ukuncama zombini intuthuzelo kunye nexesha, ilizwe elinqamlezileyo iAmtrak kunokuba yindlela yokuhamba. Nangona kunjalo, kwabo babambelela kwizinto ezifana nokufika ngexesha, ucoceko loluntu kunye nokucoceka kobuqu, iinqwelomoya ezisuka eSan Francisco ziye eNew York ixabiso elilinganayo .