I-OSLO, eNorway - Unobhala wezoThutho wase-US u-Anthony Foxx kwiveki ephelileyo ugqibe utyelelo lweentsuku ezininzi eCopenhagen, eDenmark; eAmsterdam, eNetherlands; kunye ne-Oslo, eNorway, njengenxalenye yomzamo oqhubekayo wokufunda kumaqabane ngamazwe malunga neendlela ezintsha zokuhlangabezana nemingeni yezothutho yexesha elizayo.

I-Copenhagen, iAmsterdam, kunye ne-Oslo zithathwa njengezona zixeko zikrelekrele kwihlabathi. Bajongene nemingeni emininzi efana nezixeko zaseUnited States, kuquka: ukukhula okukhawulezayo, ukufudukela kwabantu ezidolophini, ukuxinana, ukutshintsha kwemozulu, ukwanda kwezithuthi ezithuthayo, neengozi kukhuseleko lwabahambi ngeenyawo neebhayisekile. Ukongezelela ekudibaneni neenkokeli zikarhulumente, uNobhala Foxx wabandakanyeka kuluhlu lweengxoxo kunye neentlanganiso kunye namagosa edolophu, abakhi bezakhiwo, kunye nabacwangcisi malunga nemigudu yabo yokuhlangabezana nale mingeni kunye nezisombululo zokudala kunye neendlela ezininzi.

"Sihambe ngokukhuselekileyo kwezi zixeko ngendlela abahlali abaninzi abaqhele ukwenza ngayo - ngebhayisekile - kwaye sijonge indlela idatha kunye netekhnoloji ezibumba ngayo iinkqubo zokuhamba zibe ngcono," utshilo uNobhala wezoThutho wase-US u-Anthony Foxx. "Ndichulumancile ukusebenzisa ezi ngcinga, kwaye ndiqhubeke nencoko e-United States malunga nokwenza ukuba iindawo esihlala kuzo zibandakanyeke ngakumbi kwaye zineendlela ezininzi, kunye nokuphucula ukufikelela kumathuba ezoqoqosho."

Unobhala Foxx wajoyinwa nguSodolophu uSteve Adler waseAustin, TX; USodolophu uCharlie Hales wasePortland, OKANYE; kunye noSodolophu uPete Buttigieg waseSouth Bend, IN. Aba bathathu oosodolophu bayinxalenye yoMngeni kaSodolophu kuBantu abaKhuselekileyo, izitalato eziKhuselekileyo, inyathelo elaqaliswa nguNobhala Foxx ngo-2014, elivumela i-US DOT ukuba idibane noosodolophu ukwenza ukuhamba ngebhayisekile nokuhamba ngokukhuselekileyo ezixekweni. Oosodolophu u-Adler kunye noHales nabo bangabagqwesileyo kuMngeni weSmart City, ojolise ekuncedeni ukuchaza ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba “sisiXeko esiSmart” saseMelika, kwaye bakhokele ilizwe ekucwangciseleni imingeni yexesha elizayo, njengoko kumiselwe yi-US DOT's Beyond Traffic. funda. Oosodolophu bathathe inxaxheba kwiiphaneli kunye neengxoxo neengcaphephe kunye nabantu abacingayo malunga namava abo njengeenkokeli zesixeko, kunye nendlela abanokwenza ngayo utshintsho olukhulayo ukuphucula ubomi babavoti babo.

"Ukucinga ngamathuba kubaluleke kakhulu ekuguquleni ukuhamba kwedolophu njengezinto ezintsha zeteknoloji okanye ukwakha iziseko ezitsha," kusho uSodolophu waseAustin uSteve Adler. "Ukuba sikholelwa ukuba kungcono ukusebenzisa imigca yebhasi, iindlela zebhayisekile, kunye neebhodi ezijikelezayo ukudibanisa wonke umntu ngokusondeleyo kunokwahlula uluntu luphela, okokuqala kufuneka sibone ukuba inokwenzeka. Izixeko esizityeleleyo kunye noNobhala Foxx zisibonise into enokwenzeka, kwaye sizimisele ukubandakanya ezi mbono kwikamva lezixeko zaseMelika ezibonelela ngamathuba amathuba kuye wonke umntu. ”

“Izixeko ziyindawo yokuqalisa izinto ezintsha; icacile eCopenhagen, eAmsterdam naseOslo,” utshilo uSodolophu wasePortland uCharlie Hales. “Ibiliwonga ukuhamba noNobhala Foxx kwaye sifunde ngezona nkqubo ziphambili zebhayisekile nabahambi ngeenyawo kwihlabathi. Izixeko zinombono wokwabelana ngolwazi kunye nempumelelo – yindlela esikhokela ngayo leyo. Ndiyavuya ukubuyisela olu lwazi ePortland kwaye ndiphinde ndiphindaphinde olu tshintsho lwezothutho. ”

“Ndiyalivuyela ithuba lokumela i-South Bend kweli gqiza lamazwe ngamazwe,” utshilo uSodolophu we-South Bend uPete Buttigieg. “Ukutshintshiselana ngezimvo ngezona zixeko ziphumelele ibhayisekile kwihlabathi kuya kunceda iSouth Bend ifumane iimoto, iibhayisekile, kunye nabahambi ngeenyawo kwizicwangciso zethu zekamva. Kuyavuyisa ukubona isixeko somlinganiselo wethu sibandakanyiwe kwincoko yehlabathi malunga nokudala ezothutho ezikhuselekileyo nezifikelelekayo.”

Ngethuba lokutyelela kwakhe, uNobhala uFoxx naye watyikitya iMemorandam yoBambiswano (MOC) kunye nelizwe ngalinye kula mazwe mathathu, ngokusemthethweni intsebenziswano kunye nesizwe ngasinye kwizinto eziphambili zokuthutha, kubandakanywa izithuthi ezizenzekelayo kunye nezixhunyiwe, izixeko ezihlakaniphile, kunye nokuhamba kweedolophu ezininzi.

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Mayors Adler and Hales are also finalists in the Smart City Challenge, which aims to help define what it means to be an American “Smart City,” and lead the country in planning for the challenges of the future, as determined by U.
In addition to meeting with government leaders, Secretary Foxx engaged in a series of discussions and meetings with city officials, architects, and planners about their efforts to meet these challenges with creative and multi-modal solutions.
“We moved safely through these cities the way so many residents routinely do – on a bike – and we looked at how data and technology are shaping transportation systems for the better,” said U.