Thaum kawg, nws poob. Cov menyuam yaus rov mus kawm ntawv, tos cov tsheb npav thaum sawv ntxov ntawm txoj kev.
Tab sis yuav ua li cas yog lub tsheb npav tsis tuaj?
Nov yog qhov tshwm sim rau Tracy thiab Miranda (tsis yog lawv lub npe tiag), cov viv ncaus hauv 10th thiab 12th qib uas mus kawm Meade Senior High School hauv Fort Meade, Maryland. Lub tsheb npav yuav tsum tuaj tos lawv thaum 7:52 teev sawv ntxov rau lawv chav kawm 8:30 sawv ntxov, tab sis qee zaum nws tshwm sim lig, thiab qee zaus nws tsis tshwm sim.
Thaum tsheb npav 275 lig, Tracy thiab Miranda nco lub sijhawm kawm. Thaum nws tsis tshwm sim, lawv nco ib hnub ntawm tsev kawm ntawv. Lawv ib leeg niam yuav tsum tawm ntawm 6:30 sawv ntxov mus ua haujlwm, yog li nws tsav tsis tau lawv. Thiab lub tsev kawm ntawv tsis teb rau cov niam txiv cov lus tsis txaus siab.
Kuv hu Mark Anthony, Tus Kws Qhia Txog Kev Thauj Mus Los ntawm Meade Cheeb Tsam, hais lus. Nws xa kuv hu rau Bob Mosier hauv Anne Arundel County Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Sib Txuas Lus, uas muaj tom qab tsib hnub tseem tsis tau rov qab kuv hu.
Tracy hais rau kuv tias, “Nws nyuaj heev uas yuav tsum nco ib nrab ntawm thawj lub sijhawm txhua hnub thiab tsis paub yuav ua li cas hauv chav kawm. Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum kuv thawj zaug hauv chav kawm tau raug qhia zoo hauv lub tsev qiv ntawv, yog li nws nyuaj rau kev sib txuas lus nrog tus kws qhia ntawv. "
Miranda tau hais ntxiv tias, “Peb taug kev tawm hauv tsev tsis paub tias lub tsheb npav yuav tshwm sim lossis tsis… lossis yog tias nws yuav tuaj lig heev. Nws yog nkim sij hawm los sawv sab nraud ntev heev. Peb yuav ua li cas thaum los nag lossis thaum lub caij ntuj no los?
Hauv qee lub xeev, muaj kev daws teeb meem rau qhov ntawd. HopSkipDrive, nrhiav tau nyob rau hauv 2014, muaj cov neeg tsav tsheb cob qhia kom tuaj tos cov menyuam yaus thiab coj lawv mus rau qhov chaw lawv yuav tsum mus. Tau ntiav los ntawm tsev kawm ntawv cov txheej txheem los txhawb cov tsheb npav hauv tsev kawm, HopSkipDrive muab kev pabcuam txawv dua li Uber
Cov neeg tsav tsheb HopSkipDrive xav tau ntxiv, hloov tau yooj yim, nyiaj tau los uas lawv tuaj yeem tsav cov menyuam yaus ob peb teev hauv ib lub lis piam. Qhov no yog qhov yeej-yeej: cov neeg tsav tsheb muaj lub sijhawm hloov pauv, thiab cov cheeb tsam tsev kawm tuaj yeem ua kom zoo dua ntawm kev sib tham ntawm cov neeg tsav tsheb uas tuaj yeem teb sai sai rau cov kev xav tau ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm.
Txij li thaum xyoo 2014, HopSkipDrive cov neeg tsav tsheb tau tsav ntau dua 20 lab mais yam tsis muaj teeb meem kev nyab xeeb tseem ceeb, nqa ntau dua 2 lab tus menyuam. Lub tuam txhab tau ua haujlwm ntau dua 16,000 lub tsev kawm ntawv hauv 12 lub xeev. Tab sis Maryland cov cai tswj hwm tsheb npav ua rau nws txwv tsis pub HopSkipDrive ua haujlwm.
Anne Arundel County tau faib $ 69 lab rau kev thauj mus los hauv nws nyiaj txiag rau xyoo 2022-2023 kev kawm (nyiaj txiag) ntawm cov nyiaj $ 60 lab yuav siv rau kev cog lus tawm rau kev pabcuam tsheb npav. Tab sis qhov no tsis ua haujlwm rau Tracy thiab Miranda thiab ntau lwm tus. Nrog ntau lub tsheb npav hauv tsev kawm ntawv tsawg dua 50 feem pua ntawm tag nrho thiab cov neeg tsav tsheb tsis txaus, ntiav cov kev pabcuam los tos qee tus menyuam kawm ntawv yog nqi qis dua lwm lub tsheb npav. Cov tsev kawm ntawv ntiav HopSkipDrive vim tias qhov kev pabcuam tuaj yeem pheej yig dua lub tsheb npav.
Qhov kev xav nrov yog tias cov menyuam yaus feem ntau caij tsheb npav, nrog ob peb lub rooj zaum. Hauv kev muaj tiag, raws li cov National Household Travel Survey los ntawm US Department of Transportation, 33 feem pua ntawm cov menyuam kawm ntawv tau caij tsheb npav mus kawm ntawv, 54 feem pua tau tsav tsheb, thiab 10 feem pua tau taug kev lossis caij tsheb kauj vab. (Cov ntaub ntawv no yog los ntawm 2017, tab sis cov ntaub ntawv tshiab, los ntawm 2020, tsis yog tus sawv cev vim muaj kev sib kis.)
Raws li ib tug 2022 RAND Corporation qhia los ntawm Heather Schwartz thiab Melissa Kay Diliberti, 74 feem pua ntawm cov cheeb tsam tsev kawm ntawv tau tshaj tawm cov neeg tsav tsheb tsis txaus, nrog 57 feem pua tau qhia txog qhov tsis txaus loj. Tom qab hloov cov kws qhia ntawv, qhov kev tsis txaus siab tshaj plaws yog rau cov neeg tsav tsheb npav, vim tias nyob rau niaj hnub no txoj haujlwm nruj, nrog ntau dua 11 lab txoj haujlwm qhib, cov neeg tsav tsheb npav tuaj yeem nrhiav tau cov haujlwm them nyiaj zoo dua.
Vim li cas Maryland tsis ntiav ib lub tuam txhab xws li HopSkipDrive kom tau Tracy thiab Miranda thiab lwm tus nyiam lawv mus kawm ntawv? Ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom los ntawm Prismatic Services ntawm kev thauj mus los rau cov tub ntxhais kawm hauv Anne Arundel County xaus lus tias "Maryland tam sim no muaj kev txwv ntau dhau uas tsis ua rau cov tub ntxhais kawm muaj kev nyab xeeb ntau dua tab sis txo cov kev pabcuam zoo thaum yuav nce nqi."
Maryland cov cov cai tshiab rau "alternative tsheb," muab tso rau hauv qhov chaw hauv 2021, suav nrog xav kom txhua lub tsheb kom muaj lub suab ceeb toom suab ceeb toom teeb tsa; cov hluav taws tua hluav taws, cov khoom siv ntxuav lub cev, thiab cov cuab yeej siv lub rooj zaum hauv tsheb; kev tshuaj xyuas ob zaug hauv ib xyoos los ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv hauv zos; thiab tsib teev ntawm kev cob qhia rau ib tus neeg tsav tsheb.
HopSkipDrive coj menyuam mus kawm ntawv siv cov neeg saib xyuas hauv zos uas paub txog kev tsav tsheb lawv tus kheej, uas tau raug tshuaj xyuas thiab pom zoo los ntawm cov kws kho tsheb tsim nyog. Lub hom phiaj kev nyab xeeb ntawm Maryland tuaj yeem ua tiav los ntawm kev sib txawv uas yuav tsis yog qhov cuam tshuam kom tau txais cov neeg tsav tsheb tsim nyog ntawm txoj kev, Trish Donahue, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm HopSkipDrive, hais rau kuv. Lub tswb ceeb toom thaub qab ua rau muaj kev nkag siab zoo ntawm lub tsheb npav hauv tsev kawm qhov kev pom yog qhov teeb meem, tab sis tsis yog ntawm Toyota Prius uas muaj lub koob yees duab thaub qab.
HopSkipDrive ua kom cov neeg tsav tsheb muaj kev nyab xeeb los ntawm kev xav tau kev tsav tsheb, keeb kwm tsheb huv huv, thiab ua haujlwm virtual kev cob qhia txog kev tsav tsheb nyab xeeb. Lub tuam txhab muaj telematics uas kuaj xyuas tus cwj pwm tsav tsheb tsis zoo thaum caij tsheb. Thaum kawg, kev tshuaj xyuas tsheb ib nrab xyoo tsis tas yuav ua los ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv hauv zos, tab sis los ntawm cov kws kho tsheb tsim nyog.
Maryland muaj qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev xav nrog nws cov cai tswj kev nyab xeeb, tab sis cov kev cai no ua rau muaj kev tsav tsheb tsawg dua rau lub tsev kawm ntawv. Cov tub ntxhais kawm xws li Tracy thiab Miranda poob qab los ntawm kev tsis tau txais kev kawm uas lawv xav tau. Nws yog lub sijhawm txav mus rau tus qauv hloov pauv ntau dua uas tsis cuam tshuam txog kev nyab xeeb thiab tso cai ntxiv lub network ntawm cov tsheb me me coj menyuam mus kawm ntawv.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianafurchtgott-roth/2022/09/23/maryland-regulations-prevent-kids-from-getting-to-school/