Oceanside, CA-Mālama ʻo Malaki i ka makahiki he ʻumi o ka ʻōnaehana rail hybrid ʻo SPRINTER North County Transit District. Hoʻomaka ʻia ma 9, ua lilo ka SPRINTER i iwi ʻaoʻao o ka hikina / komohana lehulehu ma North County e lawelawe ana i nā kikowaena 2008 ma kahi ala 15 mile mai Escondido a hiki i Oceanside. Ma mua o 22 miliona mau huakaʻi i hoʻolako ʻia e ka SPRINTER ma loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi.
"He waiwai nui ka SPRINTER no ka moku ʻo North San Diego County e hāʻawi ana i nā pono halihali, hoʻokele waiwai, a me nā pōʻaiapuni," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Member NCTD ʻo Bill Horn. "Haʻaheo mākou i ka huakaʻi palekana a kūpono hoʻi a ka SPRINTER e hāʻawi aku ai i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēia lā hoʻomanaʻo."
"ʻO ka poʻe e hele ana ma ke alahaka ʻo SPRINTER ma waena o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo San Marcos hiki ke ʻike i ka hopena maikaʻi i loaʻa i ka SPRINTER i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ulu akamai," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna o ka papa ʻo NCTD ʻo Rebecca Jones. "Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka NCTD, makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i kā mākou mau mea kūʻai aku, nā limahana, nā luna i koho ʻia, a me nā mea kuleana nui i kākoʻo i ka hoʻolālā mua a me ke kūkulu ʻana a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā o ka SPRINTER."
ʻO ke kumukūʻai no ke kūkulu ʻana i ka SPRINTER, me ke kūkulu ʻana i kāna wahi mālama a me nā kaʻa, i hōʻea ʻia he $ 477 miliona. He 2.5 miliona ka holo holomua o ka SPRINTER me ka holo maʻamau o 8,400. ʻO ka pae pae ma kēlā me kēia kahua hoʻonohonoho kūpono iā ADA-hiki ke kiʻi ʻia, a he koho maikaʻi loa no nā poʻe o nā makahiki āpau.
"ʻO Malaki 9, 2008 kahi manawa manawa i ka moʻolelo o NCTD. Ua māka ka hoʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi mai Oceanside a i Escondido a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomohala hoʻokele waiwai no nā kūlanakauhale ma ke alaloa ʻo Highway 78. ʻO nā haumāna o ke kula nui e hele ana i CSUSM, Palomar College, a me Mira Costa College he mea hoʻomaikaʻi ia i ka maʻalahi a me nā mālama halihali, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka lālā o ka Papa ʻo NCTD ʻo Ed Gallo. "Ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka papa i kēlā manawa, ua hoʻomaikaʻi wau i ka ʻike mua o ka NCTD i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā koho kaʻa e pono ai e pono ai."
"Haʻaheo mākou i ka kūleʻa o ko SPRINTER mau makahiki he umi," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo SANDAG Hope-Chair a me Meia o Poway Steve Vaus. "Hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo SANDAG ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kēia koho halihali no nā mea holo e hele ana ma ke alaloa o ka Mokuʻāina 78."
No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka lā hoʻomanaʻo, e hoʻokipa ʻo NCTD i nā hanana pop-up ma nā kikowaena SPRINTER ma loko o ka makahiki. E lilo kēia mau hanana i ala e hui ai ke kaiāulu i kekahi o nā limahana o ka NCTD a aʻo hou e pili ana i ka SPRINTER ʻoiai e paipai nei i nā mea holo hou a kākoʻo i kā mākou poʻe kākoʻo o kēia wā.
I kēia makahiki nō hoʻi, hoʻolauleʻa ʻo LIFT, kā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo NCTD me nā pono kīnā Paratransit i kāna 25th makahiki o ka hana. Hāʻawi ʻo LIFT i ka lawelawe no nā mea kūʻai aku kūpono hiki ʻole ke hoʻopau i kahi huakaʻi e hoʻohana ana i ka ʻōnaehana ala paʻa o NCTD. LIFT lawelawe ma kahi o 200,000 huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻO kahi mea holo, ʻo Sara R., i kākau iho nei iā NCTD e pili ana i nā lawelawe LIFT. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i kāu mau mea hoʻouna, nā kalaiwa, a me nā mea hoʻonohonoho manawa e hana ana i nā lā ʻehiku o ka pule e hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi lawelawe kupaianaha. Mahalo e ka hui LIFT, mahalo e ka NCTD. "
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana iā SPRINTER, a i ʻole LIFT, e kipa Holo Google.
