San Diego, CA - He mea ʻole pehea ʻoe e ʻoki ai i ka ʻike, he kūleʻa nui ka Day Free Ride no ka San Diego Metropolitan System a me ka North County Transit District ma ke ʻano he poʻe holo kaʻa hou e nā ʻumi tausani i piʻi i luna o ka moku no kahi lā o ka holo manuahi ma ka Pōʻakolu, ʻOkakopa 2. .
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo MTS i nā huakaʻi 391,359 ma kāna pūnaewele Bus a me Trolley, kahi loaʻa he 6.7 pakeneka mai nā huakaʻi 366,896 i lawe ʻia i ka lā Free Ride Free ma ka lā like ma 2018. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka holo maʻamau o ka lā hebedoma o ʻOkakopa 2018 (303,423 huakaʻi), Free Ride Hoʻokumu ka lā i 87,936 mau huakaʻi hou aʻe i nā lawelawe MTS.
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa nā lawelawe NCTD i nā loaʻa nui. ʻO kāna lawelawe COASTER, SPRINTER, BREEZE a me FLEX i hana ʻia he 47,504 huakaʻi, 7.4 pakeneka ke kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma mua o nā huakaʻi 44,227 i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ka lā Free Ride i ka makahiki 2018. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka awelika holo ma ka lā pule ma ʻOkakopa 2018 (32,394 huakaʻi), ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo NCTD i nā huakaʻi he 15,110 i kēia makahiki
Hoʻohui ʻia, ua lōʻihi aʻe nā ʻoihana ʻelua i ka 103,046 mau huakaʻi hou aʻe ma ka Free Ride Day 2019 ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka awelika holo ma ka lā pule ʻOkakopa
"He kūleʻa kūleʻa ka lā Free Ride Day," wahi a ka luna MTS ʻo Nathan Fletcher. "ʻO ka pahuhopu o Free Ride Day ka mea e ʻike i ka transit i kahi poʻe hou. Inā paha e hele i ka hana, ke kula, holo i nā hana a i ʻole hele wale i waho e leʻaleʻa ai, Hōʻike ka lā Free Ride he nui ka poʻe i hiki ke hoʻohana i ka transit a me nā wahi āpau e lawelawe ai. ʻO ka pahuhopu hopena no kēia mau hana āpau e hōʻike i ko kā mākou wahi i kahi koho kūpono i ke kaʻa. ʻAʻole mākou makemake i ka poʻe e haʻalele loa i kā lākou mau kaʻa, akā inā hiki i ka poʻe ke hele i hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau lā wale nō i ka pule, e hele nui kā mākou ʻāina i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kinoea hoʻomehana honua a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka huikau o nā kaʻa.
"ʻO ka helu kupaianaha o nā mea holo hou i kēia lā Free Ride Day e hōʻike maoli nei i ka makemake o ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo i ke kaʻa," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna o ka Papa NCTD ʻo Tony Kranz. "Paipai ʻia mākou e ka kahe ʻana mai o ke kākoʻo no kēia hanana, a ke kakali nei mākou i mua e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana o ka pilina me kēia poʻe holo kaʻa hou. Ua hana ka lehulehu i ka ʻāpana mua ma o ka hōʻike ʻana. ʻO kā mākou hana kēia e mālama iā lākou e hoʻi mai a kau i nā pahi a me nā kaʻaahi ma ke ʻano he mahele o kā lākou huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā. "
ʻO ke kūleʻa o ka lā ma muli o ka hapa nui o ka launa like ʻana ma waena o ke kalana. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale āpau, ke kalana, nā paʻahana nui, ka Navy a me nā kula nui i hana i ka ʻahamele e paipai i ka poʻe holo kaʻa. Ua mālama pū ʻia ka lā me ka California Air Air Day a me ka San Diego ʻAoʻao o ke Aupuni ʻO Randomare Week. Ua hui pū nā scooter Lyft a me Bird i ka lā a hāʻawi i nā hōʻemi ma nā lawelawe mile mua a me ka hope.
"Haʻaheo ʻo SANDAG i lilo i ʻāpana o ka kūleʻa o ka Free Ride Day i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i ka wā o ko mākou mokuna Week Pilikino, i kākoʻo ʻia e nā limahana limahana he 100," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo SANDAG Hope Luna Nui a me Encinitas Meia Catherine Blakespear. "Ua hāʻawi nā hanana ʻelua i nā poʻe o ka manawa i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻopili me ka mikiona SANDAG iCommute e lawe i nā mea kalaiwa solo mai kā lākou kaʻa a i loko o kahi kaʻa kaʻa, kahi vanpool a i ʻole ma ke kaʻa kaʻa."
