Izingozi zikaMetro eMexico City zibulale inqwaba. Manje kuthunyelwa amasosha

I-MEXICO CITY —

U-Luis Rodríguez uchitha amahora amathathu esitimeleni esihamba ngaphansi komhlaba izinsuku eziningi ehamba phakathi kwekhaya lakhe emaphethelweni asenyakatho yeMexico City kanye nenyuvesi yakhe eqhele ngamamayela angu-25 eningizimu.

Kuwuhambo olude lomfundi oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala. Unina uyakuzonda umzuzu nomzuzu wakho.

Njengalo lonke izwe, ubhekwe njengo uhlelo lwesitimela esiguga lapha kade bakhutshazwe yizingozi ezibulalayo, kuhlanganise a Ngo-2021 kwashona abantu abangu-26 nokushayisana kule nyanga okushiye kushone umfundi oneminyaka engu-18.

“Ungitshela ukuthi ngiphephe kakhulu, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi, akusekho ezandleni zethu,” kusho uRodríguez ngenkathi ezimisa emotweni ehamba ngaphansi komhlaba ekuseni muva nje. “Akusikhona kimina ukuthi lo mugqa uyadilika yini. Sonke sisengozini lapha.”

Ukwethulwa kweMetro City yaseMexico ngemva nje kwama-Olympics ka-1968 kwakufanele kwenziwe le nhloko-dolobha ephithizelayo esezintabeni ibe yesimanje, ifane namadolobha amakhulu omhlaba anjengeParis neNew York.

Ithembise futhi ukuthi izolingana, inikeze izigidi zabasebenzi abahlala emijondolo emaphethelweni edolobha ukufinyelela emasikweni athuthukayo nomnotho enkabeni yalo.

Kodwa ngemva kweminyaka yokunganakwa, iMetro isiphenduke isizinda sezinkinga ezibanzi zaseMexico: ukungalingani okugxilile, izinsizakalo zomphakathi ezingathembekile kanye nenkohlakalo esobala futhi igcwele yonke indawo kangangokuthi ngezinye izikhathi ibulala ngempela.

Kulezi zinsuku, iMetro nayo iyinkundla yezombangazwe.

Ngaphezu kwezingozi ezibulalayo, ezinye izigameko ezishaqisayo ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula zihlanganisa ukungasebenzi kukagesi, izimoto zezitimela ezizihlukanisa ngokuzenzekelayo kanye nochungechunge lwemililo engaphansi komhlaba eye yagulisa inqwaba yabagibeli. NgoMsombuluko, abantu abangu-18 bangeniswe esibhedlela ngemuva kokuthi amakhebuli anamandla kagesi ashise kakhulu futhi aminyanisa isiteshi ngentuthu emnyama.

Abamelene neMeya yeDolobha laseMexico uClaudia Sheinbaum – intandokazi yokuba ngumengameli olandelayo wezwe – basola yena ngokuwohloka komnotho, bethi uhulumeni wakhe awukalugcini kahle lolu hlelo.

USheinbaum, naye, usole ama-saboteur angashiwongo ngalokho akuchaza njengokuthi “i-atypical” ekhuphukayo ekuhlulekeni kwesistimu.

Usekelwa ngu UMongameli u-Andrés Manuel López Obrador, umlingani wezepolitiki osenesikhathi eside wavuma isicelo sakhe sokutshala amasosha kazwelonke angaphezu kuka-6,000 e-Metro ukuze avimbele lokho akubiza ngokuthi – ngaphandle kokunikeza ubufakazi – ukuhlasela okungenzeka “okuhleliwe”.

Abagxeki bathi uhulumeni kumele athumele onjiniyela, hhayi amasosha, ukuzolungisa izinkinga zeMetro. Ochungechungeni lwemibhikisho ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlula, izishoshovu zabhala imidwebo exhumanisa ukuthunyelwa kwamasosha nekaLópez Obrador’s. ukwanda kwezempi wezwe futhi abize uSheinbaum “njengombulali.”

Njengoba abashushisi bephenya izigameko zakamuva, inye into ecacile: Ukuphahlazeka, ukungaboni ngaso linye kwezombusazwe kanye namasosha akhathele azo zonke iziteshi zesitimela kuthuse abaningi kwezigidi ezi-5 ikakhulukazi abantu abangabasebenzi abathembele kuMetro nsuku zonke.

“Akekho kithi okhululekile,” kusho u-Armando, umdayisi wendwangu oneminyaka engu-72 ubudala owenqaba isibongo sakhe ngokuqondile ngenxa yokuthi iMetro isinepolitiki kakhulu. “Kodwa siyahlupheka noma kunjalo ngoba ayikho enye indlela.”

Kubantu abayizigidi ezingu-22 abahlala eDolobheni laseMexico nasezindaweni ezizungezile, indawo yedolobha elikhulu elingalawuleki elihlanganisa amakhilomitha-skwele angu-3,000, izinto zokuhamba bezilokhu ziyinkinga.

Abaningi abakwazi ukuthenga izimoto, noma kunjalo, imigwaqo nemigwaqo emikhulu idume kabi ngenxa yezimoto. Amabhasi aqhutshwa ngasese atholakala yonke indawo kodwa avame ukuqondiswa abaphangi abahlomile.

I-Metro, enamakhilomitha angu-140 omzila ongaphansi komhlaba kanye nophakeme, sekuyisikhathi eside iyindlela ephumelela kakhulu nengabizi kakhulu yokuhambahamba. Idolobha ngokwalo: i-labyrinth yamaphaseji ananela kanye neziteshi ezingu-195 eziziqhenya ngamakhefi e-inthanethi, izitolo zezingubo, izindawo ze-pizza, imitapo yolwazi kanye namakilasi e-yoga.

Ukugibela kubiza nje ama-pesos ama-5 – cishe amasenti angama-25 – futhi uxhaswa kakhulu nguhulumeni. Leyo mali yokugibela eshibhile iyingxenye yenkinga: Lolu hlelo alukaze lusondele ekuzikhokheleni izindleko zalo, ngakho ukunakekelwa kuncike ekutheni ingakanani imali eyabelwe abaholi bezombangazwe. Kuze kube ngu-2021, uxhaso lwe-Metro lwehle kancane kancane, ingxenye ye- ukuqina okubanzi uhlelo luphushwe nguLópez Obrador.

Ukonakala kusobala. Kweminye imizi, izimoto zezitimela ezaqala ukusebenza ngesikhathi kuvulwa iMetro eminyakeni engu-54 edlule zisasetshenziswa. Iziteshi azikhanyiswe kahle, futhi izitebhisi ezizihambelayo eziningi ziphuka njalo, madala kangangokuthi izingxenye ezishintshayo azisakhiwa.

“Imishini eminingi nezinhlelo kakade sezidlule isikhathi sazo esisebenzisekayo futhi kwakufanele ngabe zashintshwa eminyakeni engu-20 noma engu-15 edlule,” kusho uJorge Jiménez Alcaraz, ophethe iqembu laseMexico elihweba ngonjiniyela nabadwebi bezakhiwo futhi owakhonza njengomqondisi wesimiso seMetro. ngo-2018. Uthe yena nezinye izikhulu zeMetro bavame ukucela izinsiza ezengeziwe, kodwa osopolitiki abafuni ukunyusa imali yokugibela izitimela ngenxa yombhikisho ozowususa.

Nakuba iMetro sekuyisikhathi eside ikhungethwe ukuqolwa kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi – kangangokuthi eminyakeni embalwa edlule idolobha laqala ukuhlukanisa izimoto zezitimela ngobulili nangobulili. ekhipha amakhwela okudlwengula – izinkinga zayo zokuphepha zigxile kakhulu muva nje, ezigqugquzelwe ngokwengxenye uchungechunge lokuphahlazeka okumangalisayo.

Ngo-2020, izitimela ezimbili zashayisana, kwashona umuntu oyedwa kwalimala abangu-41.

Ngonyaka olandelayo, umlilo esikhungweni esilawula iMetro kwashona oyedwa kwalimala abangu-31.

Kamuva ngo-2021, ulayini wesitimela ophakeme wabophana phakathi, uhudulela izimoto ezimbili ezingaphansi komgwaqo omkhulu ongezansi. Le ngozi eyenzeke ku-Line 12 ibulale abantu abangu-26, yalimaza abangu-100 futhi yenza ukuhluleka kweMetro kwaba yizindaba zomhlaba wonke.

Ngokushesha ngemva kokuvulwa kwalowo mzila ngo-2012, abagibeli base beqale ukukhala ngokuqhekeka kwesakhiwo sikakhonkolo lapho izitimela zidlula khona. Uphenyo lweCongress ngo-2014 lwathola amaphutha amakhulu esakhiwo, izinto zokwakha zekhwalithi ephansi kanye “nesitifiketi esishodayo, esisheshayo nesingaphelele sokusebenza nokuphepha komugqa.”

Inkampani yaseNorway eqashelwe ukuphenya ngale ngozi isole ukwakhiwa okunephutha kanye nokuntuleka kwesondlo ngaphansi kweSheinbaum, owathatha izintambo ngasekupheleni kuka-2018, kanye nokuphathwa kwemeya yangaphambilini. USheinbaum ukuchithile lokho okutholakele futhi wasabisa ngokumangalela le nkampani.

Izinkinga zezombangazwe zavela ngokushesha. Ingxenye yolayini wesitimela owawa yakhiwe inkampani yendoda ecebe kakhulu yaseMexico, isikhulu sezokuxhumana nezokwakha uCarlos Slim, ngesikhathi sobumeya bukaMarcelo Ebrard, manje osengunobhala wezangaphandle kanye nembangi enkulu kaSheinbaum ekuqokweni kukamongameli weqembu labo lezepolitiki, Morena.

Ngemva kwale ngozi, ababhikishi bafuna ukutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe kwaMetro: “Akuzange kwenzeke ngengozi, beku ubudedengu,” kufundeka imiyalezo ebhalwe edolobheni lonke.

USheinbaum uthembise ukwakha kabusha u-Line 12 futhi enze nokunye ukuthuthuka.

Kodwa izinkinga ziye zaqhubeka. Kule nyanga kushayisane izitimela ezimbili kwashona umuntu oyedwa kwalimala abangu-57.

Kunezimpawu zokuthi lezi zigameko zilimaza imeya kwezombusazwe.

Ukuvota kukaJanuwari okwenziwe yiphephandaba i-El Financiero kukhombise ukwesekwa kukaSheinbaum kwehle ngenyanga eyodwa ngamaphesenti ama-5 ku-41%.

Abamelene naye bathi izinsolo zokucekela phansi impahla ziyimizamo yokusola abanye.

“Akakwazi ukuqonda icala lobugebengu analo ngokushona ngeshwa kwabantu kuMetro ngesikhathi sikahulumeni wakhe,” kusho uLuisa Gutiérrez, iphini leqembu le-National Action Party.

Abagibeli ngokwabo bakhathazekile kodwa basula. AmaChilangos, njengoba izakhamizi zaseMexico City zizibiza kanjalo, zijwayele ukuhlala nokungaziwa: ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, ukushoda kwamanzi okungalindelekile, ukucisha kukagesi.

“Singabantu abaqinile,” kusho uMiguel Ángel Sanchez, 69, owayelinde abagibeli basekuseni, enethemba lokugibela isitimela. Njengokuvamile, kwaba nokubambezeleka isikhathi eside. Ngaphambi kwalokho, esinye isitimela abesigibele sike sama kujantshi imizuzu embalwa, singanyakazi, njengoba iphunga lentuthu laligcwele umhubhe.

Uthe ufisa sengathi osopolitiki abanquma isiphetho seMetro bayigibele ngempela.

“Imuphi phakathi kwabo ongangena kwiMetro?” wabuza. “Cha, zonke zinezimoto ezisezingeni eliphezulu: Mercedes, BMWs, Audis.”

Phambi kwakhe, abantu baphushela esitimeleni esasivele sigcwele phama. Ubhakha wendoda eyodwa ubanjwe phakathi kweminyango kanti abanye abagibeli batatazela bewukhulula. USanchez wabuka ngokunengeka. “Bheka lokhu,” esho. “Kungenza ngifune ukuthuthela kuleli.”

UCecilia Sánchez Vidal osehhovisi le-Times’ Mexico City ufake isandla kulo mbiko.