I-Alexandria, VA - ICommuter Rail Coalition namuhla imemezele ukuthi uMatthew O. Tucker, uMqondisi Omkhulu we Isifunda saseNorth Transit District (NCTD), Oceanside, CA ingene esikhundleni sika-Doug Kelsey (TriMet, Portland, OR) njengePhini likaSihlalo weBhodi labaqondisi.
UMnu. Tucker usebenze njengoMqondisi Omkhulu/u-CEO we-NCTD kusukela ngo-2008 lapho ehlinzeka khona ngokuqondisa kwamasu kanye nokwengamela okudingekayo ukuze alethe isevisi yezokuthutha endaweni yesevisi ye-ejensi engu-1,020 square miles. Umndeni wezinsizakalo zezokuthutha ze-NCTD uhlanganisa ujantshi wesitimela we-COASTER, ujantshi we-SPRINTER hybrid, uhlelo lwebhasi le-BREEZE, ezokuthutha ezikhethekile ze-FLEX, kanye nezinsizakalo ze-LIFT ADA paratransit. I-NCTD inomthwalo wemfanelo wokusebenza nokulawula phezu kweSan Diego Rail Subdivision, kusukela kulayini we-Orange County kuya eDowntown San Diego futhi isingatha i-Amtrak, i-Metrolink, i-BNSF, kanye nabaqhubi be-PAC Sun Railroad. I-NCTD inesabelomali sokusebenza esilinganiselwa ku-$113 million sonyaka wezimali (FY) 2020, futhi ukugibela kuzo zonke izindlela kulinganiselwa kubagibeli abayizigidi eziyi-10 ngo-FY 2020.
Ekujoyineni Ibhodi Le-Commuter Rail Coalition, uMnu. Tucker ufika nokuqonda komsebenzi omude emkhakheni wezokuthutha zomphakathi. Ngaphambi kwe-NCTD, usebenze njengoMqondisi woMnyango Wezitimela Nezokuthutha Zomphakathi waseVirginia, i-COO yeSanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority, kanye ne-AGM yeGreater Richmond (VA) Transit Company.
Okhethweni lukaMnu. Tucker ukuba abe yiBhodi, uSihlalo Wenhlangano Yezitimela uJim Derwinski waphawula, “Ukuzinikela kuka-Matt nothando lokuqamba izinto ezintsha kumenza abe umlandeli ofanelekayo ka-Doug njengoba Umfelandawonye unweba umkhondo nomthelela wawo.”
Ekwamukeleni indima, uMnu. Tucker ulandela u-Doug Kelsey, ilungu elisungula Umfelandawonye, “okuzibophezela kwakhe kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ekusebenzeni kwiBhodi ngokuthuthukiswa nokwethulwa koMfelandawonye kwaba wusizo olukhulu ekubekeni inkundla yempumelelo,” kwengeza u-Derwinski.
Mayelana neCommuter Rail Coalition: I-Commuter Rail Coalition yinhlangano emele izintshisekelo, izidingo kanye nezinzuzo zemizila yesitimela yabagibeli bezwe, eletha uhambo lwabagibeli oluyizigidi ezingama-490 unyaka ngamunye. Umfelandawonye wasungulwa abaholi bezimboni ukuze baxoxisane futhi bafundise ababambiqhaza futhi balwele izinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze kugcinwe le mpahla yomphakathi ebalulekile, uMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezokuphepha oyibona njengendlela yokuthutha ephephe kunazo zonke.
