Oceanside, CA-ʻO kahi ʻĀpana ʻo North County Transit (NCTD) kahi kokoke loa i ka hoʻokō piha ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana palekana Positive Train Control (PTC) i kauoha ʻia e ka pekelala no kāna mau kaʻaahi COASTER. ʻO PTC kahi kauoha i hoʻohui ʻia, kaohi, ke kamaʻilio ʻana, a me ka ʻōnaehana ʻike i hiki ke kaohi i ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaʻaahi, a kū hoʻi i ke kaʻaahi ke palapala ʻia nā kūlana. Hoʻonui kēia ʻōnaehana i ka palekana o ka poʻe hoʻohana i nā kaʻa.
Ua hoʻopau ʻo NCTD i nā koi no ka Revenue Service Demonstration (RSD)-ʻo ia ka hōʻike hope loa i koi ʻia no nā ʻōnaehana āpau - ma mua o kēia makahiki a hoʻomaka i Kekemapa e komo i Extended RSD o PTC. Ua hoʻokō ʻia nā kūlana no ke komo ʻana i Extended RSD, i hui pū ʻia me 30 mau huakaʻi hele ʻole me ka ʻole o ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka ʻōnaehana PTC, a me 75% o nā ʻenekini COASTER i hoʻohana i kahi kaʻaahi ma RSD.
ʻO kēia pae hou aku i ka RSD lōʻihi,ʻo ia ka holoʻana o nā COASTER a pau me ka PTC e hoʻololiʻia ma kahi o kekahi mau kaʻa ma kekahi manawa. E hele mai kēia hoʻokomoʻana ma keʻano o kahi wikiwiki i hala i nā pule he nui i ka lāʻo Kekemapa. Hōʻike ka papahana e hōʻike nei i nā hanana kahi e kāwiliʻia ai ka Extended RSD:
- Mane, Kekemapa 4 - CO2 630, 631, 634, 635, 639, 640, 644, 645, 648, 654, 655, 657, 662 a me 665.
- Mane, Kekemapa 11 - Hoʻokomo i ka COZTER 636, 638, 651, 653, 656, 660, 661 a me 663.
- Poaono, December 16 - Hoʻokomo i ka COZTER 680, 681, 684, 685, 688, 689, 692 a me 693.
ʻO kaʻimi i hoʻounaʻia he hapa ia o ka ho'āʻoʻana o NCTD e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia a e ho'ēmi i nā hopena kūpono. No ka hoʻopihaʻana i RSD lōʻihi a komo i loko o ka lawelawe piha piha o ka lawelawe ma ka PTC, pono nā māhele a pau e hana ma lalo o ka PTC, pono nā mea hoʻokele a pau e hana i ka PTC ma RSD nui, aʻo ka Federal Railroad Administration pono eʻae i ka PCT Safety Plan.
"ʻO ka palekana ka mea nui i ka NCTD a me nā kaʻa hou hou e komo i RSD nui, ua lilo ka lawelawe kelepona NCTD i kahi noho palekana aʻoi aku ka mana hoʻomalu," i'ōleloʻia e ka Luna Nui o ka 'Oihana Hoʻonaʻauao o Rail Systems, Eric Roe.
Ke holo nei ka NCTD ma ke ala e hoʻopiha i ka hoʻopihapiha pihaʻana o ka PTC ma ka lā palena palena manawa o Dekemaba 31, 2018.