Oceanside, CA-Ngomhla we-9 kuMatshi isikhumbuzo seminyaka elishumi yenkqubo yoololiwe be-North County Transit yeSithili se-SPRINTER. Yaziswa kwi-2008, i-SPRINTER iye yaba ngumqolo wempuma / entshona yothutho loluntu eNorth County ehambisa izikhululo ze-15 ecaleni kwendlela ye-22-mile ukusuka e-Escondido ukuya e-Oceanside. Ngaphezulu kwe-23 yezigidi zokuhamba zinikezelwe yi-SPRINTER kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi.
"I-SPRINTER yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kwiNorth San Diego County ebonelela ngezothutho, ezoqoqosho kunye nezendalo," utshilo uLungu leBhodi ye-NCTD uBill Horn. "Siyazingca ngohambo olukhuselekileyo nolufanelekileyo i-SPRINTER ebonelela abathengi bethu kwaye sonwabile ukubhiyozela isikhumbuzo!"
"Nabani na ohamba ecaleni kwendlela kaloliwe ye-SPRINTER ngaphakathi kweSixeko saseSan Marcos unokubona ifuthe elihle i-SPRINTER eye yanalo ekuxhaseni ukukhula okuhle," utshilo uSihlalo weBhodi ye-NCTD uRebecca Jones. "NjengoSihlalo weBhodi yabaLawuli be-NCTD, ndifuna ukubulela abathengi bethu, abasebenzi, amagosa anyuliweyo, kunye nabachaphazelekayo ababalulekileyo abaxhasa ucwangciso lokuqala nolwakhiwo kunye nokusebenza kwemihla ngemihla kwe-SPRINTER."
Iindleko zokwakhiwa kwe-SPRINTER, kubandakanya nolwakhiwo lwezixhobo zayo zolondolozo kunye nezithuthi, zifikelele kwi- $ 477 yezigidi. I-SPRINTER ine-ridership yonyaka ye-2.5 yezigidi nge-avareji yosuku lweveki yokuhamba kwe-8,400. Inqanaba lokubhoda kwisitishi ngasinye lenza ukuba i-ADA ifikeleleke ngokupheleleyo, kunye nenketho enkulu kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka.
“Ngomhla we-9 ku-Matshi 2008 yayilixesha lokugqibela kwimbali ye-NCTD. Kubonakalise ukubuya kohambo lwabakhweli ukusuka e-Oceanside ukuya e-Escondido kwaye kwaqala ukuphuhliswa kwezoqoqosho kwezixeko zikwipaseji yendlela engu-78. Abafundi beekholeji abaya kwi-CSUSM, kwiKholeji yasePalomar naseMira Costa College bayifumanisa iyintsikelelo kulondolozo olulula nolwezothutho, utshilo Ilungu leBhodi ye-NCTD uEd Gallo. "NjengoSihlalo weBhodi ngelo xesha, ndincoma ukubona kwangaphambili kwe-NCTD ekugqibezeleni ukhetho olongezelelekileyo lokufuna ezothutho."
"Siyazingca ngempumelelo ye-SPRINTER yeminyaka elishumi," utshilo uSekela Sihlalo we-SANDAG kunye noSodolophu wePoway Steve Vaus. “I-SANDAG inewonga lokuba yinxalenye yokuyilwa kwale ndlela yothutho kubahambi abahamba ngakwipaseji kaRhulumente i-Route 78.”
Ukubhiyozela isikhumbuzo, i-NCTD iya kubamba imicimbi yokuzivelela kwizikhululo ze-SPRINTER unyaka wonke. Ezi ziganeko ziya kuba yindlela yokuba uluntu luhlangane nabanye babasebenzi be-NCTD kwaye bafunde okungakumbi malunga ne-SPRINTER ngelixa kukhuthazwa ukuhanjiswa kwezinto ezintsha kunye nokuxhasa abo basisebenzelayo ngoku.
Kananjalo kulo nyaka, i-LIFT, i-NCTD's American's with Disability Act iParatransit service ibhiyozela isikhumbuzo sayo seminyaka engama-25 sokusebenza. I-LIFT ibonelela ngenkonzo kubathengi abafanelekileyo abangakwaziyo ukugqiba uhambo kusetyenziswa inkqubo ye-NCTD yendlela emiselweyo. I-LIFT isebenza malunga nokuhamba okungama-200,000 ngonyaka.
Omnye umkhweli, uSara R., kutshanje ubhale i-NCTD malunga neenkonzo zeLIFT. Uye wathi, “Singathanda ukubulela bonke abathumeli benu, abaqhubi, kunye nabacwangcisi abasebenza iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki ukusinika inkonzo emnandi kangaka. Enkosi kwiqela le-LIFT, enkosi NCTD. ”
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga ne-SPRINTER, okanye i-LIFT, ndwendwela GoNCTD.com.
