Oceanside, CA - Federal Transit Administration (FTA) posachedwapa adapatsa a North County Transit District ($ 1.2 miliyoni) kuti athandize kugula mabasi a magetsi kuti alowe m'malo mwa mabasiketi a NCTD.
Malinga ndi California Air Resources Board, gawo lamagalimoto limayendetsa 39% ya mpweya wonse wowonjezera kutentha (GHG) ku California. Kummwera kwa California kuchuluka kwa mpweya wochokera ku gawo la mayendedwe ndikokwera kwambiri. Kuphatikiza apo, kafukufuku waposachedwa awonetsa kuwonongeka kwa mpweya wabwino m'chigawo cha San Diego, mpaka kumapeto kwa kalasi yaposachedwa ya "American" Lung Association ya "F" mumlengalenga pamalipoti a "State of the Air" a 2016 ndi 2017. Poganizira kuti mayendedwe ndi gwero lalikulu la mpweya wa GHG komanso chida chofunikira chochepetsera mpweyawu, ndizodziwika kuti magalimoto oyenera komanso mafuta amafunikira kuti achepetse kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa mafuta, kukwaniritsa miyezo ya mpweya, kukonza thanzi la anthu, komanso kukwaniritsa cholinga chochepetsera mpweya wowonjezera kutentha.
Pazaka ziwiri zapitazi, NCTD yakhala ikugwira ntchito kuti ikhazikitse mgwirizano pakati pa anthu onse ndi anthu wamba kuti athandizire kukhazikitsa ukadaulo wa mabasi otulutsa zero. Mu Spring 2017, NCTD idakhazikitsa mgwirizano wosagwirizana ndi San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG & E) yomwe idathandizira kuperekera pempholo ku California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) lomwe lingathandize kukhazikitsa, kugwira ntchito, ndikukonza zida zomenyera NCTD. Pempheroli likuyembekezeredwa ndi CPUC ndipo chisankho chikuyembekezeka kumapeto kwa 2019.
Ntchito ya NCTD inali imodzi mwa polojekiti ya 139 kudutsa m'dzikoli yomwe FTA inasankhidwa monga gawo la mpikisano wopereka ndalama pamsonkhano wa FTA Mabasi ndi Bus Infrastructure Investment Program. FTA inalandira zopempha zoposa 450 ndipo inapereka $ 264.4 miliyoni pothandizira.
Matthew Tucker, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa NCTD anati: "Mphoto iyi ndi gawo lalikulu pamagulu osungira zachilengedwe kwambiri. "Zaka zambiri zapitazo, NCTD idayamba kuchepetsa kutulutsa mpweya potulutsa mabasi athu ambiri a BREEZE kuchokera ku dizilo kupita ku gasi wothinikizidwa; tsopano, tichita zophatikizira ukadaulo wa mabasi otulutsa ziro m'malo omwe tikukonzekera kusintha zombo. "
Kuphatikiza pa mphotho ya FTA komanso zida zomwe zitha kufotokozedwa mgwirizanowu pakati pa NCTD ndi SDG & E, NCTD ili ndi mwayi wokhala wolandila pulogalamu ya Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP). LCTOP idakhazikitsidwa ndi Nyumba Yamalamulo yaku California ku 2014 ndi Senate Bill 862 kuti ipereke chithandizo ndi ndalama kwa mabungwe oyendetsa kuti achepetse mpweya wowonjezera kutentha ndikuwongolera kuyenda. NCTD akuti ilandila $ 1,610,043 (kutengera kugulitsa kwa kirediti kaboni) mu ndalama za LCTOP ndipo ikufunsira ku NCTD Board of Directors pamsonkhano wa Epulo 2018 kuti ndalamazo zigwiritsidwe ntchito kugula mabasi asanu otulutsa zero.
M'miyezi ikubwerayi, NCTD iyambitsa maphunziro kuti ayang'ane magalimoto opanda zero omwe ali pamsika, kuwunika mayendedwe a mabasi a NCTD omwe angagwiritse ntchito mabasi atsopanowo, ndikuwona kusintha kwa malo komwe kumafunikira kuthandizira mabasi otulutsa zero. Mgwirizano ndi SDG & E ndi ndalama zochokera ku LCTOP ndi FTA kuphatikiza ndalama zowonjezera zoyendetsa boma kuchokera ku Senate Bill 1 zithandizira NCTD kulipira kukhazikitsidwa kwa mabasi otulutsa zero omwe angathandizire cholinga cha NCTD popereka mayendedwe otetezeka, odalirika komanso ogwira ntchito.
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