Oceanside, CA-Ua ʻae ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka moku ʻo North County Transit District (NCTD) i kahi hoʻolaha ma kā lākou hālāwai o ka Papa Iulai e hoʻomaopopo ana iā Kepakemapa 2017 ma ke ʻano he "State of California Rail Safety Month." I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ke hōʻoia nei ʻo NCTD i kāna kūpaʻa i ka palekana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā ola ma o ka pale ʻana i nā pōʻino kūpono ʻole.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, make he mau haneli mau kānaka a he mau tausani i hōʻeha ʻia ma nā ala hao ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka hoʻonaʻauao palekana Rail kekahi o nā pale maikaʻi loa i ka pale ʻana i kēia mau hanana a he hana nui ia e kōkua ai i ka palekana o ka poʻe noho a me nā malihini kipa o San Diego County.
Wahi a nā helu helu i mālama ʻia e ka Federal Railroad Administration a me ka Operation Lifesaver, Incorporated, ua ʻike ʻia ka mokuʻāina ʻo Kaleponi me ka nui o nā make i hiki ke pale ʻia i nā alahao o nā mokuʻāina āpau i ka lāhui. Aia he 358 mau hanana kaʻaahi pōpilikia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa i ka makahiki 2016. Mai kēia mau hanana kaʻaahi, he 101 mau mea make a me nā mea make he 52 i hala aʻe.
I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻemi i kēia mau pōpilikia, ua hoʻoholo ka ʻahaʻōlelo o ka Mokuʻāina i kahi bila i ka makahiki 2009 i koho ʻia ʻo Kepakemapa ma ke ʻano he "mahina palekana palekana." I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hui pū nā limahana kaʻaahi a me nā ukana ukana e hoʻomanaʻo i nā poʻe hele wāwae a me nā kaʻa kaʻa e akahele i ka wā kokoke i nā ala, a e ʻike mau i nā "Tracks, Think Train."
Lawe ʻo NCTD i nā ʻanuʻu e kamaʻilio kūkākūkā me ka palekana i ka lehulehu a me ka hoʻonaʻauao kokoke a ma kāna keʻa papa hele a me ke ala pono o ke kaʻa i nā lālā o nā kaiāulu e lawelawe ai. Hana ʻia kēia ma o ka hoʻolaha ākea a me nā hana aʻo i loko o ka makahiki. ʻO kahi laʻana, kipa ʻo NCTD i nā kula e kamaʻilio me nā haumāna e pili ana i ka pale kaʻa, a me nā leka palekana ma nā mea hoʻolaha i hāʻawi ʻia i ka lehulehu i nā hanana hoʻolaha. Ua hana pū kekahi ʻo NCTD me Amtrak e hoʻouka i nā hōʻailona pale nui he 12 nui ma ke alaloa me kahi helu hotline pale kūpilikiʻi i helu ʻia.
Mālama ʻo NCTD i ka palekana ma ke ʻano he mea kiʻekiʻe loa i ka hoʻolako a me ka hana o nā lawelawe kaʻa lehulehu i kāna wahi lawelawe. Lawe ʻo NCTD i kēlā me kēia manawa kūpono e hoʻohui i nā kumumanaʻo kumu o ka palekana i nā hoʻolālā a me nā kaʻina hana.