Ahakoa he rongonui, he tipu haere tonu hoki ngā waka hiko mō te kawe waka tauwhiro, ehara i te mea koinei te mea tino noa. Kua whakaatuhia e ngā meka he nui ake te whakamahi i ngā waka hiko wira-rua i roto i te ahua o ngā pahikara hiko - he take pai tēnei.
He rite te mahi a te pahikara hiko ki te pahikara pere, engari he pai ki a ia te motuka hiko āwhina hei āwhina i te kaieke kia tere ake, kia tawhiti atu hoki, me te kore e uaua. Ka taea e rātou te whakapoto i ngā haerenga pahikara, te wawahi i ngā pukepuke pari ki te whenua, ā, ka taea hoki te whakamahi i ngā pahikara hiko hei kawe i tētahi atu pāhihi.
Ahakoa kāore e taea te whakataurite i te tere, te whānuitanga rānei o ngā waka hiko, he maha atu anō ngā painga o ēnei waka, pērā i te iti o ngā utu, te tere ake o te haere ki te tāone, me te kore utu o te wāhi waka. Nō reira, ehara i te mea miharo kua piki ake te hoko o ngā pahikara hiko ki te taumata e piki haere tonu ana te hoko o ngā pahikara hiko o te ao i ngā waka hiko.
Ahakoa i te Hononga o Amerika, kua roa te mākete pahikara hiko e whai muri ana i a Ūropi me Āhia, ka neke atu i te 600,000 ngā waeine hoko o ngā pahikara hiko i te tau 2020. Ko te tikanga tēnei kei te hoko ngā Amerikana i ngā pahikara hiko i te tere neke atu i te kotahi ia meneti i te tau 2020. I te Hononga o Amerika, kua nui ake ngā hoko o ngā pahikara hiko i ērā o ngā motuka hiko.
He tino utu iti ake ngā pahikara hiko i ngā waka hiko, ahakoa he maha ngā whakatenatena taake ā-motu me ā-kāwanatanga o te United States hei whakaiti i ō rātou utu whai hua. Kāore ngā pahikara hiko e whiwhi i ngā whiwhinga taake ā-motu, engari ka rerekē pea tēnei āhuatanga mēnā ka whakamanahia he ture e tatari ana i roto i te Runanga.
Mō ngā haumitanga hanganga, ngā kaupapa whakatenatena ā-motu me te pūtea mō te pūngao matomato, ko ngā waka hiko te nuinga o te aro. Ko ngā kamupene pahikara hiko te tikanga me mahi e rātou anō, me te iti, me te kore rānei o te āwhina o waho.
Heoi, i ngā tau kua taha ake nei, kua tere te tipu o ngā hoko pahikara hiko i te Hononga o Amerika. Nā te mate urutā COVID-19 i piki ake ai te maha o ngā tāngata e whakamahi ana i ēnei pahikara, engari i tēnei wā kua piki ake te hoko o ngā pahikara hiko i te Hononga o Amerika.
Nō nā tata nei te pūrongo a te British Bicycle Association, ka eke ki te 160,000 ngā hokonga pahikara hiko i te UK i te tau 2020. I kī te whakahaere i taua wā anō, ko te maha o ngā waka hiko i hokona i te UK he 108,000, ā, ko ngā hokonga o ngā pahikara hiko i tere ake i ngā waka hiko nui ake e whā wira.
Kei te tino piki haere ngā hoko o ngā pahikara hiko i Ūropi i tētahi tere teitei rawa atu, ā, e matapaetia ana ka nui ake ngā hoko o ngā motuka katoa - ehara i te mea ko ngā motuka hiko anake - i muri mai i tēnei tekau tau.
Ki te tini o te hunga noho tāone, he wawe rawa te taenga mai o tēnei rā. Haunga te whakarato i ngā huarahi kawe waka utu iti ake, whai hua ake hoki ki ngā kaieke, ka āwhina ngā pahikara hiko ki te whakapai ake i te tāone o te katoa. Ahakoa ka taea e ngā kaieke pahikara hiko te whai hua tika mai i te iti o ngā utu kawe waka, te tere o te haere ki te mahi me te wāhi waka kore utu, ko te nui ake o ngā pahikara hiko i te tiriti he iti ake ngā waka. Ko te iti ake o ngā waka he iti ake te waka.
E whakaarohia whānuitia ana ngā pahikara hiko hei huarahi pai ki te whakaiti i te nui o ngā waka i roto i ngā tāone nui, inā koa i ngā tāone kāore he pūnaha kawe iwi whai hua. Ahakoa i roto i ngā tāone nui he pai te whanaketanga o ngā kawe iwi, he pai ake te whakamahi i ngā pahikara hiko nā te mea ka taea e ngā kaieke te haere ki te mahi i runga i tā rātou ake wātaka me te kore he here huarahi.