Ukuqala ngoJuni 1, i-Amtrak LAKESHORE LIMITED (inkonzo yemihla ngemihla kuphela esuka eNew York naseBoston ukuya eChicago) kunye ne-CAPITAL LIMITED yayo (uloliwe kuphela wemihla ngemihla osuka eWashington ukuya eChicago) akayi kuphinda abonelele abakhweli beemoto zokulala zodidi lokuqala olubandakanya ukhetho lokutya okushushu!
U-Amtrak uthembisa ukutya "Entsha kunye neXesha Eliqhelekileyo" endaweni yoko: "isandwich yasimahla" yebhokisi ebandayo okanye isidlo sangokuhlwa sesaladi, esiziswe kwigumbi lomkhweli. Ukutya kwasekuseni kuya kubandakanya ukhetho olulodwa, izonka ezibandayo kunye ne-yogurt eneziqhamo ezisikiweyo. Akukho "Railroad French Toast" kwakhona! Abakhweli abalalayo abahlawula amakhulu eedola ngaphezu kohambo lomqeqeshi baya kufumana isiselo esinxilisayo sasimahla kunye neebhokisi zabo ezibandayo, kodwa asiyombuyekezo ingako leyo.
Xa i-Amtrak yayidalwa ngo-1971, omnye wemicelimngeni yayo yokuqala yayikukubuyela kwinkonzo embi esebhodini uninzi lweendlela zikaloliwe ezazinikelwe ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1960. Bejongene nelahleko yemali yeekhontrakthi zeposi kunye nokhuphiswano oluvela koohola beendlela, abathwali abafana ne-Southern Pacific baye bathoba ngokucwangcisekileyo oololiwe babo abasaseleyo besebenzisa amaqhinga aquka ukususa idiner kunye neemoto zokuphumla. Ithemba yayikukuba oku kuya kubacaphukisa abakhweli kangangokuba bayeke ukuhamba ngololiwe, kwaye umntu ophetheyo anokufumana imvume yomanyano yokuphelisa inkonzo. Umzekelo owaziwayo ngulo loliwe obizwa ngokuba yi-SUNSET LIMITED, owathi ukususela ngowe-1968-1970 wanikela ngokutya komatshini kuphela kumgama weentsuku ezimbini!
U-Amtrak wabuyisela ngokukhawuleza ukutya okufanelekileyo kunye neminikelo yesiselo, intengiso "Senza ukuba oololiwe bafanele ukukhwela kwakhona". Ngelishwa, i-Amtrak isandula ukuqalisa ukukopa la maqhinga e-1960s, ithoba amava asebhodini anokutyhafisa ukukhwela.
Kutheni oku kusenzeka? I-Amtrak iphantsi koxinzelelo lweCongress ukuphelisa ilahleko yenkonzo yokutya, kodwa le ndlela ayinangqiqo kwaye ayidingekile. Ngaba imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa okanye iinqwelomoya zizama ukwenza imali ngokutya? Akunjalongo noko; ezi ndleko zakhelwa kwiintlawulo zabo. UAmtrak naye ebesenza oku. Abatyeleli kuloliwe abazange benze mali; batsala ishishini. I-Amtrak iya kugcina iimoto zokuphumla koololiwe bobabini. Abakhweli babaqeqeshi banokuthenga izinto ezishushu ezifana neebhega kunye nepizza. Nangona kunjalo, ezi zinto AYISAYI kunikwa njengezinto zokutya ezibandakanyiweyo kubathengi abalalayo abebehlawula ngaphezulu kwetikiti elalibandakanya ukutya okushushu kwimoto yokutyela!
I-Amtrak yehlisa abasebenzi benkonzo yokutya ibe ngabasebenzi ababini phantsi kolu vavanyo, kodwa sele ibonelela ngezidlo ezishushu ngokupheleleyo kwisiXeko sase-NEW ORLEANS, CARDINAL nase-ACELA enabasebenzi ababini kuphela. Njani? Ukutya okuphekiweyo kwangaphambili kuziswa kubushushu obugcweleyo ebhodini kwaye kuphakwa kwidinala. Kutheni ungekho koololiwe baseChicago?
"Abo bayilibalayo imbali bayagwetyelwa ukuyiphinda". U-Amtrak uyayazi into eyenzekayo kwixesha elidlulileyo xa oololiwe becutha izinto eziluncedo. Ukukhwela kwenqwelomoya kuphelile. Inkonzo ehlazisayo ebhodini kubakhweli beemoto ezileleyo (njengoko kucwangcisiwe) iya kukhokelela ekwehleni okukhulu kwabakhweli. Kwi-FY2018, i-Amtrak isanda kufumana ulwabiwo olukhulu lweCongressional kwiNethiwekhi yeSizwe kwimbali (i-1.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola). Ngoku ithatha ukuhanjiswa kweemoto zokutyela ezintsha ezingama-25 kuthungelwano olusempuma. Iikhitshi ezintsha kwezi moto ngokulula zinokubonelela ngenkonzo yokutya eshushu ngaphandle kompheki ozinikeleyo. Njengoko izigidi ezininzi zabakhweli base-Amtrak banokukhumbula "isidlo sangokuhlwa kwisidlo sangokuhlwa, akukho nto inokuba ngcono ...". Iisandwich ezibandayo azilenzi ibakala!
UCarl Fowler unguMongameli odla umhlala-phantsi weZiko lokuHamba likaLoliwe/Izinto zokuhamba zikaloliwe. Usebenze ixesha elipheleleyo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-35 ethengisa uhambo lukaloliwe kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya i-Amtrak. UMnu Fowler unguSekela-Sihlalo we-Rail Passenger Association / NARP. Ezi ziimbono zakhe zobuqu.
