OSLO, Norewai - Ua hoʻopau ke Kakauolelo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Anthony Foxx i ka pule i hala aku nei i kahi huakaʻi lehulehu i Copenhagen, Denmark; Amsterdam, Netherlands; a me Oslo, Norewai, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻoikaika mau ʻana e aʻo mai nā hoa pili honua e pili ana i nā ala hou e hoʻokō ai i nā pilikia o ka halihali o ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Copenhagen, Amsterdam, a me Oslo kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale akamai loa o ka honua. Ke kū nei lākou i nā luʻi like ʻole e like me nā kūlanakauhale ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me: ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale, ka hoʻololi ʻana, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ka piʻi ʻana o ka ukana, a me nā pilikia i ka poʻe hele wāwae a me ka palekana. Ma waho aʻe o ka hui pū ʻana me nā alakaʻi aupuni, ua komo ʻo Kakauolelo Foxx i nā ʻano kūkākūkā a me nā hālāwai me nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale, nā mea hoʻolālā, a me nā mea hoʻolālā e pili ana i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻokō i kēia mau pilikia me nā hoʻonā noʻonoʻo a me multi-modal.
"Ua neʻe maluhia mākou ma waena o kēia mau kūlanakauhale e like me ka hana maʻamau o ka poʻe noho - ma ke kaʻa - a nānā mākou i ke ʻano o ka ʻikepili a me ka ʻenehana i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana kaʻa no ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi," wahi a US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. "ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau manaʻo, a hoʻomau i ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ko mākou mau kaiāulu a me nā ʻano multi-modal, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa waiwai."
Ua hui pū ʻia ke Kakauolelo Foxx e Mekia Steve Adler o Austin, TX; Meia Charlie Hales o Portland, OR; a me Meia Pete Buttigieg o South Bend, IN. ʻO kēia mau meia ʻekolu he ʻāpana o ka Mayors' Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets, kahi hana i hoʻokumu ʻia e ke Kakauolelo Foxx i ka makahiki 2014, e hiki ai i ka US DOT ke hui pū me nā mayors e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka holo kaʻa a me ka hele wāwae ma nā kūlanakauhale. ʻO Mayors Adler lāua ʻo Hales nā mea hope loa i ka Smart City Challenge, kahi i manaʻo e kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ʻano he "Smart City" ʻAmelika, a alakaʻi i ka ʻāina i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā pilikia o ka wā e hiki mai ana, e like me ka mea i hoʻoholo ʻia e ka US DOT's Beyond Traffic. ao ana. Ua komo nā mayors i nā panela a me nā kamaʻilio me nā poʻe akamai a me nā mea noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ko lākou ʻike ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale, a pehea e hiki ai iā lākou ke hana i nā loli hou e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke ola o ko lākou poʻe koho.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā mea hiki ke hoʻololi i ka neʻe ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale e like me nā hana ʻenehana a i ʻole ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana hou," wahi a Austin Mayor Steve Adler. "Inā mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā laina kaʻa, nā ala kaʻa a me nā boulevards e hoʻopili pono ai i nā poʻe āpau ma mua o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa, pono mākou e ʻike he hiki. Ua hōʻike mai nā kūlanakauhale a mākou i kipa aku ai me ke Kakauolelo Foxx i ka mea hiki, a ke makemake nei mākou e hoʻokomo i kēia mau manaʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana no nā kūlanakauhale ʻAmelika e hāʻawi ana i nā alapiʻi o ka manawa kūpono no kēlā me kēia kanaka.
“ʻO nā kūlanakauhale ka wahi o ka hana hou; ua maopopo ia ma Copenhagen, Amsterdam a me Oslo,” wahi a ka Mekia Portland Charlie Hales. "He mea hanohano ka huakaʻi me ke Kakauolelo Foxx a aʻo e pili ana i kekahi o nā ʻōnaehana paʻa kaʻa a me nā ʻōnaehana hele wāwae i ka honua. Loaʻa i nā kūlanakauhale ka manaʻo e kaʻana like i ka ʻike a me nā kūleʻa - pēlā mākou e alakaʻi ai. Hauʻoli wau e hoʻihoʻi i kēia ʻike i Portland a hana hou i kēia mau hana hou o ka halihali.
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka manawa kūpono e pani i ka South Bend ma kēia ʻelele honua," wahi a ka Luna Nui o South Bend Pete Buttigieg. "ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā manaʻo me kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale ʻoi loa ka holomua o ka honua e kōkua i ka South Bend e hoʻokipa i nā kaʻa, kaʻa, a me nā mea hele wāwae i kā mākou hoʻolālā e hiki mai ana. Maikaʻi ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi kūlanakauhale o kā mākou pālākiō i komo i loko o ke kamaʻilio honua e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i ka halihali palekana a maʻalahi hoʻi.
I kona kipa ʻana, ua pūlima pū ʻo Kakauolelo Foxx i kahi Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) me kēlā me kēia ʻāina ʻekolu, me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka launa pū ʻana me kēlā me kēia lāhui ma nā ʻano mea nui o ka lawe ʻana, me nā kaʻa automated a pili pū, nā kūlanakauhale akamai, a me nā mobility kūlanakauhale lehulehu.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
