Oceanside, CA-I-MV Transportation (MV) isethelwe ukucubungula ukusebenza kwemali engenayo ye-North County Transit District (NCTD) paratransit, umgwaqo ongenqunyelwe, nezinsizakalo zokuthutha ezikhethekile ekupheleni kwaleli sonto kusukela kumakontrakta wamanje, i-First Transit. I-MV yanikezwe inkontileka entsha yokuphatha lezi zinsizakalo ngoJanuwari futhi izobamba ngokusemthethweni ukusebenza ngoJulayi 1.
I-NCTD inkontileka ne-MV, inhlangano enkulu kunazo zonke yokuthutha izinkontileka ezisekelwe ngasese e-United States, ukuqhuba nokugcina amasevisi we-BREEZE, FLEX, ne-LIFT. Ngaphansi kwemigomo yesivumelwano (okuyiminyaka eyisikhombisa yokugcina isisekelo kanye neyodwa yokukhetha iminyaka emithathu), i-MV izoba necala lokukhonza umthengi wonyaka wezigidi eziyisishiyagalombili usebenzisa izimoto zezimali ze-224.
"Siye saqala ukusebenza ngokuqhubekayo kwezinyanga ezingaphezu kwezintathu, futhi ngiyajabula ukubika ukuthi sizobe sesilungele ukuhamba ngosuku 1," kusho uRon Barnes, iMenenja Jikelele ye-MV yephrojekthi ye-NCTD. "Sisebenze ngokuzikhandla ukufeza uhlelo lokuguqulwa olusekela ngokugcwele imigomo ka-NCTD kanye neMV yokusebenza kokuphepha kwezokuphepha, isevisi yamakhasimende enhle kakhulu kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okunamandla ekuqeqesheni."
UMathewu Tucker, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-NCTD, uthe, "Sijabule mayelana nezici zokuphathwa kwezinsizakalo ezithuthukisiwe zale nkontileka entsha ne-MV Transportation, futhi silindele izinzuzo ezinhle okuzobe zisebenze."
Njengamanje, i-MV iye yagibela abasebenzi be-551, abashayeli abaqeqeshiwe be-440, abafake izinhlelo zokuhambisa izimoto, bahlola imoto yemoto, isofthiwe yokuhlela okuthuthukisiwe futhi bathola imishini edingekayo ngokulungiselela usuku lokuqala lwe-July 1. Iningi labasebenzi kusukela enkonzweni yamanje ne-First Transit bayoqashwa yi-MV.
I-NCTD ibulela ukubonga ku-Transit yokuqala ngeminyaka yenkonzo enikeziwe, nokuvumela ukushintshwa okushelelekile kumhlinzeki wesivumelwano esisha. Umgomo we-NCTD wukuthi amakhasimende abe nokuhlangenwe nakho okungaxhunyiwe kwansuku zonke kulezi zindlela ngesikhathi sokuguquka. I-MV isibophezele ukusebenzisana ne-NCTD ukuthuthukisa isipiliyoni sokugibela kwamakhasimende amasevisi we-BREEZE, LIFT, nama-FLEX.
