Oceanside, CA - North County Transit District (NCTD) ikuyitanitsa anthu onse, oyang'anira mzindawo, ndi ena onse okhudzidwa kuti adzakhale nawo pa Novembala 21, 2019 Msonkhano Wapadera wa Board of Directors womwe uyambe nthawi ya 1:00 pm Msonkhano Wapadera upereka chidziwitso chatsopano chokhudza udindo wa matekinoloje a zero-emission bus (ZEB) ndi mapulani ake a NCTD, komanso ziwonetsero kuchokera kwa mlangizi wa NEBD wa ZEB kukhazikitsa STV, Inc., ponena za boma laukadaulo wa ZEB ndi dongosolo lakukhazikitsa la NCTD. Kuphatikiza apo, Msonkhano Wapaderowu uphatikizira zokambirana kuchokera kwa Chief Executive Officer wa Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit), Michael Hursh, ponena za Hydrogen Bus Program yawo. Basi yamagetsi yochokera ku San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) ndi basi yamafuta a hydrogen yochokera ku SunLine Transit Agency iwonetsedwa kuyambira 12:30 pm mpaka 2:00 pm ku NCTD General Administration Office yomwe ili ku 810 Mission Avenue, Nyanja.
Mu Disembala 2018, California Air Resources Board (CARB) idakhazikitsa Innovative Clean Transit Regulation (ICT) yamabungwe oyendetsa. ICT imafuna kuti mabungwe onse oyenda pagulu asinthe kupita ku zombo 100 ZEB pofika 2040. ICT imagwirizana ndikuthandizira mfundo zamaboma, kuphatikiza Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Program (SB 375) ndi Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act (SB 350) ikuwongolera kuchepetsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha. Lamulo la CARB lisanachitike, NCTD inali ikugwirabe kale ntchito kukhazikitsa ukadaulo wa ZEB. Mu Epulo 2017, NCTD idachita mgwirizano ndi San Diego Gasi & Magetsi (SDG & E) zomwe zithandizira kukhazikitsa zina mwazofunikira zofunikira pakuchita. Kuphatikiza apo, mu Epulo 2018, NCTD idalandira $ 1.2 miliyoni kuchokera ku Federal Transit Administration kuti athandizire kulipira kugula mabasi oyendetsedwa ndi batri. NCTD yapereka posachedwa thandizo ku Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust ya $ 3.2 miliyoni yomwe ingathandize kulipira kugula mabasi oyendetsedwa ndi hydrogen.
NCTD idayamba ntchito yopanga dongosolo loyendetsera ZEBB mu CARB mu february 2019. Ogwira ntchito adamaliza kumaliza kuwunika koyambirira kofunikira pazoyendetsa ndege zofunikira kuti zigwirizane ndi ICT pofika 2040. Kuphatikiza apo, NCTD idasungabe mlangizi STV, Inc. kuti ayang'ane galimoto ya NCTD , malo, ndi zosowa zogwirira ntchito, ndikupereka kusanthula kwathunthu, malingaliro, zikalata zogula zinthu, ndi mapulani aukadaulo amalo okhala kuti akwaniritse zofunikira za ZEB.
Kutengera chidziwitso chomwe adapeza pokambirana ndi mabungwe omwe agula ndi kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wosatulutsa zero komanso chidziwitso chokhudza zofunikira za ZEB kuchokera ku STV, NCTD ikuyembekeza kugula ma ZEBs 14 (6 oyendetsa batire ndi 8 hydrogen oyatsidwa) isanafike 2023. Izi zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito Kuthetsa kugula kwa ZEB m'tsogolo kwa ICT mpaka 2025 kapena 2026, kupatsa NCTD nthawi yophunzira mokwanira magwiridwe antchito a ZEB m'malo ogwirira ntchito a NCTD. NCTD ikuyerekeza kuti mitengo yonse yosinthira malo ndi kugula magalimoto iyambira $ 194 miliyoni mpaka $ 217 miliyoni pamabasi oyendetsedwa ndi batri, komanso kuchokera $ 188 miliyoni mpaka $ 226 miliyoni yama mabasi a hydrogen.
"Kugwiritsa ntchito mabasi amagetsi ndi haidrojeni mu zombo za NCTD ndi gawo lalikulu polowerera mpweya komanso kuchepetsa kutulutsa mpweya," watero Mpando wa NCTD Board ndi Encinitas City Councilmember Tony Kranz. "NCTD ikuyembekeza kupereka luso latsopanoli ku madera athu pokonzekera tsogolo labwino."
