Lapho uphuma emnyango ekuseni, cishe awucabangi ngenani lezinhlangano ezisebenza ndawonye ukuze zisebenze, zigcine, futhi zengamele izinhlelo zokuhamba ozisebenzisayo ukuya emsebenzini, esikoleni, nakwezinye izindawo. Nokho, ulindele ukufika ngokuphepha nangesikhathi.
Ngosizo lwezezimali nobuchwepheshe, uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-U.S. (DOT) usiza ukugcina izinhlelo zethu zokuthutha zihamba ngokuphepha nangempumelelo. Ngaphakathi kwe-DOT, sihlala sifuna izindlela zokwabelana ngalolo lwazi kuzo zonke izimboni nezinhlangano—futhi senza ukuxhumana okusha kokuphepha phakathi kwezindiza nezitimela.
I-Federal Transit Administration (FTA) kanye ne-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) zibambisana ekusebenziseni i-Safety Management System (SMS) kuwo wonke amaphrojekthi esikhathi esizayo e-FTA. I-SMS iyisisekelo Sohlelo Lokuphepha lwe-FTA futhi yakhela phezu kwezinqubo ezikhona zokuphepha kwezokuthutha ngokusebenzisa idatha ukuhlonza, ukugwema, kanye nokunciphisa izingozi zokuphepha.
I-SMS ibonakale iphumelela kwezinye izimboni, kodwa ingumqondo omusha wezokuthutha. I-FTA yabona ekuqaleni kwenqubo yokwamukela i-SMS ukuthi ukuze siphumelele, sizosebenzisa izindaba eziningi zempumelelo ye-SMS, izinqubo ezingcono kakhulu, kanye nezifundo ezifundwe kwezinye izimboni—njengezokundiza.
Impumelelo yemboni yezokundiza ekusebenziseni i-SMS ukwenza ngcono ukuphepha inikeze esinye isikhuthazo ku-FTA ukuthi isebenzise le ndlela. Manje, njengoba i-FTA iholela embonini yezokuthutha ekwamukeleni i-SMS, okuhlangenwe nakho kozakwethu bezindiza kunikeza imodeli yokuletha izinzuzo ze-SMS—kuhlanganise nokusebenza okuthuthukisiwe kokuphepha, ukungaguquguquki okukhulu ekuhlonzeni izingozi nokuhlola ubungozi zokuphepha, kanye nesiko lokuphepha eliqinisiwe— izikhungo zezokuthutha.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, i-FTA ibiqhuba uhlelo lokuhlola ukuqaliswa kwe-SMS ne-Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), futhi ekupheleni kukaSepthemba yethula uhlelo lokuhlola amabhasi neMaryland Transit Administration esebenzisana nebhasi likaCharles, Montgomery kanye neFrederick County. ama-ejensi, amele abahlinzeki bezokuthutha abancane, abakhulu nabasemaphandleni.
Ngalezi zinhlelo zokuhlola, i-FTA ihlinzeka ngosizo lwezobuchwepheshe kuma-ejensi ezokuthutha ekuthuthukiseni nasekusebenziseni i-SMS, kuyilapho i-ejensi yezokuthutha ihlinzeka ngamathuba e-FTA ukuhlola ukusebenza kahle kwamathuluzi okusebenzisa i-SMS ezindaweni zokusebenza ezihlukahlukene zezokuthutha.
NgoJuni 2016, i-FTA yaqala umhlangano wokuqala ochungechungeni lwemihlangano phakathi kwe-CTA ne-United Airlines njengengxenye yohlelo lokuhlola ukuqaliswa kwe-SMS. I-United Airlines, yona kanye ne-United Express isebenzisa izindiza ezingaphezu kwezi-4,500 ngosuku eziya ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezingu-339 kuwo wonke amazwekazi amahlanu, inikeze i-CTA ngamafuphi nemibukiso yokuthi ungayithuthukisa kanjani futhi usebenzise i-SMS ephumelelayo.
Imihlangano ne-United Airlines isize i-CTA ukuthi yenze inqubekelaphambili ekubeni umholi wemboni nge-SMS. Ngenxa yalokhu kubambisana, i-FTA ithuthukisa futhi ihlola amadokhumenti esiqondiso ukuze inikeze usizo lobuchwepheshe kuma-ejensi ahlukene wezokuthutha. Ukwengeza, i-FTA ithuthukisa imithetho futhi idala izinsiza zokufinyelela nokuqeqesha mayelana nendlela yokusebenzisa ngempumelelo i-SMS, ngokusekelwe emsebenzini owenziwa e-CTA nasezikhungweni zamabhasi amathathu amancane kuya kwaphakathi nendawo.
Uhlelo lokuhlola i-SMS lwezokuthutha luyisibonelo esihle sokuthi izixazululo ezintsha ezisetshenziswa imboni ethile zingashintshwa kanjani ukuze zivumelane nezidingo zenye ukuze uthole umphumela ofanayo: ezokuthutha eziphephile zomphakathi waseMelika. Nakuba ezokuthutha zomphakathi zihlala ziyindlela ephephe kunazo zonke yezokuthutha ezihamba phansi, uhlelo lokuhlola lwe-FTA lwe-SMS lusiza ukwenza ezokuthutha ziphephe nakakhulu.
Ngibonga kakhulu ngokwesekwa nokubambisana ozakwethu be-FAA kanye ne-United Airlines abakunike kulo mzamo kanye nokuzibophezela kwabo okuqhubekayo kwezokuphepha. Ngokusebenzisana, ama-ejensi ethu e-DOT azoqhubeka nokusebenza njengethimba ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha kwemboni yezokuthutha iyonke.
