San Diego, CA - Ziribe kanthu momwe mumagawira tsambalo, Free Ride Day idachita bwino kwambiri ku San Diego Metropolitan System ndi North County Transit District pomwe ena mwa zikwizikwi adakwera ndikunyamuka tsiku limodzi lokwera maulere Lachitatu, Okutobala 2 .
MTS inalemba maulendo a 391,359 pa intaneti yake ya Bus ndi Trolley, phindu la 6.7 peresenti kuchokera maulendo a 366,896 omwe adatengedwa pa Tsiku Loyamba la Free Ride tsiku lomwelo ku 2018. Poyerekeza ndi sabata lokwera sabata la Okutobala 2018 (ma 303,423 maulendo), Free Ride Day yatulutsa ma 87,936 maulendo ena pamasewera a MTS.
Ntchito za NCTD zidalembetsanso zopindulitsa zazikulu. Ntchito zake za COASTER, SPRINTER, BREEZE ndi FLEX zidapanga maulendo a 47,504, 7.4 peresenti kuposa maulendo a 44,227 olembetsedwa pa Free Ride Day ku 2018. Poyerekeza ndi kuchuluka kwa sabata mkati mwa Okutobala 2018 (maulendo 32,394), NCTD idalemba maulendo ena 15,110 chaka chino.
Kuphatikiza, mabungwe awiriwa adakwaniritsa maulendo ena a 103,046 pa Free Ride Day 2019 poyerekeza ndi pakati pa Okutobala sabata yamawa mu 2018.
"Free Ride Day inali yopambana kwambiri," atero Wapampando wa MTS a Nathan Fletcher. “Cholinga cha Free Ride Day ndikupangitsa kuti anthu atsopano adziwe mayendedwe. Kaya ndikafike kuntchito, kusukulu, kuthamanga kwina kapena kungosangalala, Free Ride Day ikuwonetsa kuti pali anthu ambiri omwe amatha kugwiritsa ntchito mayendedwe ake ndi komwe amapita. Cholinga chomaliza cha zonsezi ndikuwonetsa kuti dera lathu lili ndi njira ina yabwino koposa galimoto. Sitikufuna kuti anthu atolere konse magalimoto awo, koma ngati anthu atha kuyenda tsiku limodzi kapena awiri pa sabata, dera lathu lithandizira kwambiri kuti muchepetse mpweya wowonjezera kutentha komanso kuti muchepetse kuchuluka kwa magalimoto pamsewu. ”
"Chiwerengero chodabwitsa cha okwera ena pa Free Ride Day chaka chino chikuwonetsadi kuti anthu ali ofunitsitsa kuyesa mayendedwe," atero Wapampando wa NCTD Board Tony Kranz. "Ndife olimbikitsidwa ndikutsanulidwa kwachisangalalo pamwambowu, ndipo tikuyembekeza kupitiliza kukulitsa ubale ndi okwerawo atsopanowa. Anthu adachita gawo loyamba powonekera. Tsopano ndi ntchito yathu kuti azibwerabe ndikukwera mabasi ndi sitima ngati gawo laulendo wawo watsiku ndi tsiku. ”
Kupambana kwa tsikuli kudachitika, mwa zina, chifukwa chamgwirizano waukulu kuderalo. Mizinda yonse, chigawochi, olemba anzawo ntchito ambiri, Navy ndi mayunivesite adagwira ntchito limodzi kuti alimbikitse okwera. Tsikuli lidachitikanso molumikizana ndi California Clean Air Day ndi San Diego Association of Government's Rideshare Sabata. Oyendetsa njinga zamoto a Lyft ndi Mbalame nawonso adalumikizana ndi tsikuli ndikupereka kuchotsera pama mile oyamba ndi omaliza.
"SANDAG ndiwonyadira kukhala nawo pantchito yopambana ya Free Ride Day yomwe idakondwerera nthawi ya Rideshare Week, yomwe idathandizidwa ndi olemba anzawo ntchito 100," atero Wachiwiri kwa SANDAG ndi Meya wa Encinitas a Catherine Blakespear. "Zochitika ziwirizi zidapatsa mwayi okwera mgalimoto kuti agwirizane ndi SANDAG iCommute mission yochotsa oyendetsa okha mgalimoto zawo ndikukwera carpool, vanpool kapena kuyenda."
