Kaneohe, HI - Ke kono nei ka moku ʻo North County Transit District (NCTD) i ka lehulehu, nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻē aʻe e hele i ka Nowemapa 21, 2019 Hui kūikawā o ka Papa Hoʻokele e hoʻomaka ma 1:00 pm E hāʻawi ana ka hālāwai kūikawā i nā mea hou e pili ana i ka ke kūlana o nā ʻenehana bus zero-emission (ZEB) a me nā hoʻolālā hoʻokō kikoʻī a NCTD, a me nā hōʻike mai ka aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo hoʻokō ZEB o NCTD, Inc., e pili ana i ka mokuʻāina ʻo ZEB ʻenehana a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻokō a NCTD. Hoʻohui ʻia, e hoʻopili ʻia ka hālāwai kūikawā i kahi hōʻike mai ka Luna Nui o Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), ʻo Michael Hursh, e pili ana i kā lākou Polokalamu Bus Hydrogen. E hōʻike ʻia kahi pahi uila mai ka San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) a me kahi kaʻa pahi wahie hydrogen mai ka SunLine Transit Agency mai 12:30 pm a 2:00 pm ma ka NCTD General Administration Office ma 810 Mission Avenue, Oceanside.
I Kēkēmapa 2018, ka California Air Resources Board (CARB) i ʻae i ka Innovative Clean Transit Regulate (ICT) no nā keʻena kaʻa. Koi ʻia ka ICT i nā ʻoihana hoʻokele lehulehu e hoʻololi i kahi 100 pakeneka ZEB e 2040. Kūlike ka ICT me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kulekele o ka mokuʻāina, e like me ka Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Program (SB 375) a me ka Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act (SB 350) kia nui i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i nā kinoea hoʻomehana honua. Ma mua o ka mana hoʻonohonoho CARB, ua hana mua ʻo NCTD i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka ʻenehana ZEB. I ʻApelila 2017, ua hoʻokō ʻo NCTD i kahi ʻaelike me San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG & E) e kōkua i ka hoʻouka ʻana i kekahi o nā hanana koʻikoʻi e koi ʻia no nā hana. Hoʻohui ʻia, i ʻApelila 2018, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka NCTD i $ 1.2 miliona mai ka Federal Transit Administration e kōkua kālā i ke kūʻai ʻana mai i nā kaʻa uila. Ua waiho ʻia mai kahi noi noi no ka NCTD i ka Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust no $ 3.2 miliona e kōkua i ke kālā e kūʻai i nā kaʻa pahi hydrogen-powered.
Hoʻomaka ka NCTD i ke kaʻina hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ZEB i makemake ʻia ma CARB ma Pepeluali 2019. Ua hoʻopau mua nā limahana i kahi loiloi mua o nā koi o nā ʻauwa e pono ai e kūlike me ka ICT e 2040. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻomau ʻo NCTD i ke kūkākūkā ʻo STV, Inc. e ʻimi i ka kaʻa o NCTD. , pono, a me nā pono hana, a hāʻawi i kahi kālailai piha, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, nā palapala kūʻai, a me nā hoʻolālā ʻenekini no nā pono e hoʻokō i nā koina ZEB e pono ai.
Ma muli o ka ʻikepili i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma o nā kūkākūkā ʻana me nā ʻoihana i kūʻai mai a hoʻohana i nā ʻenehana ʻaʻohe-emission a me ka ʻike e pili ana i nā pono hana ZEB mai STV, ke manaʻo nei ʻo NCTD e kūʻai i 14 ZEBs (6 uila uila a me 8 hydrogen fueled) ma mua o 2023. E hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mea e hoʻolilo i nā kūʻai mai ZEB i koi ʻia e hiki mai ana a hiki i ka 2025 a i ʻole 2026, e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa o ka NCTD e hoʻopaʻa pono i ka hana o nā ZEBs i ka hana o NCTD. Kuhi ʻo NCTD ʻo ka nui o ke kumukūʻai no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā pono hana a me ke kūʻai ʻana mai o nā kaʻa mai ka $ 194 miliona a i ka $ 217 miliona no nā pahi uila uila, a mai $ 188 miliona a i $ 226 miliona no nā pahi uila hydrogen fueled.
"ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaʻa uila a me nā kaila hydrogen i loko o ka moku NCTD e lilo ia i kahi papa nui i ka hau maʻemaʻe a e hōʻemi ana i nā hoʻoiho home," wahi a ka Nupepa Lākana NCTD a me ka Hui ʻĀina o Encinitas City ʻo Tony Kranz. "Ke nānā nei ka NCTD e hāʻawi i kēia ʻenehana hou i ko mākou kaiāulu e neʻe nei i ka wā e hiki mai ana."
