San Diego, CA - Akunandaba ukuthi uyisika kanjani imininingwane, iFree Ride Day ibe yimpumelelo enkulu kuSan Diego Metropolitan System naseNorth County Transit District njengabagibeli abengeziwe ngamashumi ezinkulungwane abagibela esikhumulweni sosuku lokugibela mahhala ngoLwesithathu, Okthoba 2. .
Ama-MTS aqopha uhambo lwe-391,359 kunethiwekhi yayo yeBhasi neTrolley, inzuzo engamaphesenti ama-6.7 ohambweni lwe-366,896 olwenziwe ngosuku lokuqala lwe-Free Ride ngosuku olufanayo kwi-2018. Uma kuqhathaniswa nokuhamba ngokwesilinganiso kosuku lweviki lwango-Okthoba 2018 (uhambo lwe-303,423), Usuku lwamaHhala oluhamba phambili lukhiqize amanye ama-87,936 amanye ama-services kumasevisi we-MTS.
Izinsizakalo ze-NCTD futhi zibhalise izinzuzo ezinkulu. Izinsizakalo zayo ze-COASTER, SPRINTER, BREEZE ne-FLEX zikhiqize uhambo lwama-47,504, amaphesenti ayi-7.4 aphakeme kunohambo lwama-44,227 olubhaliswe kuFree Ride Day ngo-2018. Uma kuqhathaniswa nokuhamba ngesonto elijwayelekile ngo-Okthoba 2018 (uhambo lwama-32,394), i-NCTD ibhale ezinye izinkambo eziyi-15,110 kulo nyaka.
Sekuhlanganisiwe, ama-ejensi amabili athola uhambo olungu-103,046 ngoFree Ride Day 2019 uma kuqhathaniswa nokuhamba okuphakathi kwaphakathi nesonto kwango-Okthoba ku-2018.
"I-Free Ride Day ibe yimpumelelo enkulu," kusho uSihlalo weMTS uNathan Fletcher. “Inhloso yeFree Ride Day ukuthola abantu abasha ukuthi bezwe ukuthutha. Noma ngabe ukufika emsebenzini, isikole, ukuqhuba okuthile noma ukuzozijabulisa nje, iFree Ride Day ikhombisa ukuthi kunabantu abaningi abangasebenzisa ithuba lokuhamba nazo zonke izindawo elizisebenzelayo. Inhloso yokugcina yayo yonke le misebenzi ukukhombisa ukuthi isifunda sethu sinokunye okunye okungasebenza kunemoto. Asifuni abantu badele ngokuphelele izimoto zabo, kodwa uma abantu bengahamba usuku olulodwa noma ezimbili ngesonto, isifunda sethu sizothatha izinyathelo ezibalulekile ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa nokuqeda isiminyaminya sezimoto. ”
"Isibalo esimangazayo sabagibeli abengeziwe kuFree Ride Day kulo nyaka sikhombisa ukuthi abantu bazimisele ukuzama ukuhamba," kusho uSihlalo weBhodi leNCTD uTony Kranz. “Kuyasikhuthaza ukukhishwa kokwesekwa kwalo mcimbi, futhi silangazelele ukuqhubeka nokukhulisa ubudlelwano nalaba bagibeli abasha. Umphakathi wenze ingxenye yokuqala ngokuvela. Kungumsebenzi wethu manje ukubenza babuye futhi bagibele amabhasi nezitimela njengengxenye yohambo lwabo lwansuku zonke. ”
Impumelelo yosuku ibifanele, ngokwengxenye, ebudlelwaneni obubanzi esifundeni sonke. Onke amadolobha, isifunda, abaqashi abakhulu, abakwaNavy kanye namanyuvesi basebenze ekhonsathini ukukhuthaza ukuhanjiswa. Usuku belubanjwe ngokuhlanganyela neCalifornia Clean Air Day kanye neSan Diego Association of Government's Rideshare Week. Izikuta zeLyft nezinyoni nazo zijoyine lolu suku futhi zanikela ngezaphulelo kumasevisi wemayela lokuqala nelokugcina.
“ISANDAG iyaziqhenya ngokuba yingxenye yempumelelo yoSuku lweFree Ride olugujwa ngesikhathi seViki Lesifunda iRideshare, ebesekelwa abaqashi bendawo abayi-100,” kusho uSekela Sihlalo we-SANDAG kanye neMeya yase-Encinitas uCatherine Blakespear. "Yomibili le micimbi inikeze abagibeli ithuba lokuhambisana nenjongo ye-SANDAG iCommute yokukhipha abashayeli bodwa ezimotweni zabo babayise kwi-carpool, i-vanpool noma ekuhambeni."
