MATA: Ka Manawa Manaʻo o Memphis

Inā ua hoʻolimalimaʻoe i kekahi manawa ma nā alanui o Memphis, uaʻaneʻaneʻikeʻoe i kahi kaʻa pahi MMA. ʻO kēia mau'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo a me keʻokeʻo e halihali kokoke i 11 miliona mau ohua ma ka makahiki. Ma waho aʻe o nā kaʻa pahi,ʻO ka Memphis Regional Transit Authority e hoʻohana nei i nā kaʻa e like me nā paratransit vans a me nā kaʻa kaʻa. Inā he houʻoe iā Memphis aʻaʻole hoʻi i lawe i kahi kaʻa kaʻa kūlanakauhale, hiki paha iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo inā he ala e hele ai ka lehulehu.

He kūpono nō kona kūpono.

A i ka mālamaʻana i ke kālā aiʻole i ke kōkuaʻana i ke kaiapuni he mea maikaʻi ia e lawe ai i kahi kaʻa, aia kekahi mau manaʻo'ē aʻe e hoʻomanaʻo.

Ma ka waena o ka makahiki 2014, ua weheʻo MATA i nā pūnaewele holo kaʻa (vintage rail system) (The Main Street, Riverfront, a me Madison Avenue laina) mai ka lawelaweʻana no ka loli a me ka hoʻoponopono. Hiki i nā'auwaʻa he 17 mau hua waina ke lawe i nā makahiki he nui no ka pale pono

I ke kauwela o ka makahiki 2015, ua hoʻokomoʻo MATA i kekahi mau pahu pahi e lawe i ke alanui Main Street. ʻO kēia mau'ūkini heʻano like me ke kālai waina i kālaiʻia akā hanaʻia e like me ke kaʻa maʻamau ma mua o ka pūnaewele pūnaewele. ʻO nā'ōpili kālepa he mauʻanoʻokoʻa keʻano:ʻo kekahi heʻelua-aniani kaʻulaʻula a me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, a he'ōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo, heʻulaʻula, a he mikiki kekahi.

ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa nā kahawaiʻo Riverfront a me Madison Avenue.

ʻO kaʻaoʻao hou o ka MHM e lawe i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka Hauʻula Shelby.

Inā hoʻoholoʻoe e hāʻawi iā MATA e ho'āʻo aiʻole makemake i nāʻike'ē aʻe, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi piha piha o nā ala, ka hoʻonohonohoʻana, a me nā uku ma ka pūnaewele MATA. Eʻike pono hoʻi e nānā i ka Guide Rider.

* Ke hoʻololi nei nā pane. E hoʻopaʻa iā MATA no nā kumukūʻai o ka wā.