Oceanside, CA-Umhla ziyisi-9 kuNdasa uphawula iminyaka eyishumi yohlelo lwezitimela oluxubile lweNorth County Transit District lwe-SPRINTER. Yethulwe ngo-2008, i-SPRINTER isiphenduke umgogodla wezokuthutha zomphakathi ezisempumalanga/entshonalanga eNorth County esebenzela iziteshi eziyi-15 ngomzila wamamayela angu-22 usuka e-Escondido uya e-Oceanside. Uhambo olungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-23 luhlinzekwe yi-SPRINTER esikhathini esiyiminyaka eyishumi.
"I-SPRINTER iyimpahla ebalulekile eNyakatho San Diego County ehlinzeka ngezinzuzo zokuhamba, ezomnotho, nezemvelo," kusho ilungu leBhodi le-NCTD uBill Horn. “Siyaziqhenya ngohambo oluphephile nolufanele i-SPRINTER elunikeza amakhasimende ethu futhi siyajabula ukugubha le minyaka yonke!”
"Noma ubani ohamba emhubheni wesitimela we-SPRINTER ngaphakathi kweDolobha laseSan Marcos angabona umthelela omuhle i-SPRINTER eye yaba nawo ekusekeleni ukukhula okuhlakaniphile," kusho uSihlalo weBhodi le-NCTD uRebecca Jones. "NjengoSihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi be-NCTD, ngifuna ukubonga amakhasimende ethu, abasebenzi, izikhulu ezikhethiwe, nababambiqhaza ababalulekile abasekele ukuhlelwa nokwakhiwa kokuqala kanye nokusebenza kwansuku zonke kwe-SPRINTER."
Izindleko zokwakhiwa kwe-SPRINTER, okuhlanganisa nokwakhiwa kwesikhungo sayo sokunakekela kanye nezimoto, zafinyelela ku-$477 million. I-SPRINTER inokugibela kwaminyaka yonke kwezigidi ezingu-2.5 ngesilinganiso sosuku lwesonto lokugibela abangu-8,400. Izinga lokugibela esiteshini ngasinye lisenza sifinyeleleke ngokugcwele ku-ADA, kanye nenketho enhle kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka.
"NgoMashi 9, 2008 kwaba yisikhathi esibalulekile emlandweni we-NCTD. Kuphawule ukubuya kohambo lwabagibeli ukusuka e-Oceanside kuya e-Escondido futhi kwaqala ukuthuthukiswa komnotho emadolobheni agudle umhubhe onguthelawayeka ongu-78. Abafundi baseKolishi abafunda eCSUSM, Palomar College, kanye neMira Costa College bakuthola kuyisibusiso ekululameni nasekulondolozeni izinto zokuhamba,” kusho Ilungu Lebhodi Le-NCTD u-Ed Gallo. "NjengoSihlalo Webhodi ngaleso sikhathi, ngancoma ukubona kusengaphambili kwe-NCTD ekugcwaliseni inketho yokuthutha eyengeziwe eyayidingeka kakhulu."
“Siyaziqhenya ngempumelelo yeminyaka eyishumi ye-SPRINTER,” kusho iPhini likaSihlalo we-SANDAG kanye neMeya yasePoway Steve Vaus. "I-SANDAG ihlonishwe ngokuba yingxenye yokwakhiwa kwalolu hlelo lwezokuthutha lwabagibeli abadabula umhubhe we-State Route 78."
Ukugubha usuku lwesikhumbuzo, i-NCTD izosingatha imicimbi ye-pop-up eziteshini eziningi ze-SPRINTER unyaka wonke. Le micimbi izoba yindlela yokuthi umphakathi uhlangane nabanye abasebenzi be-NCTD futhi ufunde kabanzi mayelana ne-SPRINTER ngenkathi ukhuthaza ukugibela okusha nokusekela abaxhasi bethu bamanje.
Futhi kulo nyaka, isevisi ye-LIFT, i-NCTD's American's with Disabilities Act Paratransit igubha iminyaka yayo engama-25 yasebenza. I-LIFT inikeza isevisi kumakhasimende afanelekayo angakwazi ukuqedela uhambo esebenzisa uhlelo lomzila ongashintshi we-NCTD. I-LIFT isebenza cishe ngohambo lwe-200,000 ngonyaka.
Umgibeli oyedwa, uSara R., usanda kubhala i-NCTD mayelana nezinsizakalo ze-LIFT. Wathi, “sithanda ukubonga bonke abathumeli benu, abashayeli, nabahleli bezinhlelo abasebenza izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto ukuze basinikeze inkonzo enhle kangaka. Ngiyabonga ithimba le-LIFT, ngiyabonga NCTD. "
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-SPRINTER, noma i-LIFT, vakashela I-GoNCTD.com.
