Oceanside, CA-NgoJuni 30, isifundazwe saseNorth Transit District (NCTD) sizoqeda uhlelo lokunciphisa abafundi abahlose ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni enyakatho yeSan Diego County. Lolu hlelo luholele ekudlule kuka-21,500 ukudluliselwa kwe-NCTD okuthengwa ngabafundi ezikoleni eziningi eNyakatho County.
Izikhwama zalolu hlelo zenziwa yi-California Low Carbon Transit Program Operations Program (LCTOP). Lolu hlelo lwenciphisa i-$ 59 SPRINTER / BREEZE idlule njalo ngenyanga nge-$ 25 umfundi ngamunye; inani lokugcina lephasi lihlukile ngokusekelwe izaphulelo ezingeziwe, kufaka phakathi izinsizakalo ezivela kwezinye izikole. Umxhaso we-LCTOP usize ukugcina ukuthengwa kwe-SPRINTER, njengoba ukuthengiswa kwehla kuyenzela imisebenzi ye-BREEZE.
"Ukuthola abafundi ngaphandle kwezimoto nokuhamba ngezimoto akuyona nje inzuzo emigwaqweni yethu evulekile lapha eNorth County, kodwa futhi nomnikelo wokuba nomoya ohlanzekile kule ndawo enhle," kusho uMatekisi Tucker, umqondisi ophethe i-NCTD.
Inhloso ye-LCTOP ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhaboni kuhulumeni ngokusebenzisa izinhlelo ezihlukahlukene; ixhaswa ngemali evela kuhulumeni wesimo sikweletu esikhwameni seSikhwama Sokuncishiswa Kwegesi Lokushisa. I-LCTOP ivumela ama-ejensi ukuba avuselele izimali abazitholayo kuze kube yiminyaka emithathu. Ukusiza isifunda ukuhlangabezana nezinhloso zokuncishiswa kokulahlekelwa, i-NCTD iqale ukugcina izimali ze-LCTOP ku-2017-kulinganiselwa ngaphezu kwezingu-$ 1.5 million ngonyaka-ukuthengwa kwamabhasi amahlanu kagesi.
Imoto yeBREEZE ye-NCTD ibandakanya amabhasi e-163. Njengamanje, ngaphezu kwe-80% yale mikhumbi kukhona amabhasi emvelo kagesi (CNG) agciniwe. Ngesikhathi amabhasi we-CNG enikeza ukukhishwa okuphansi kune-diesel, noma amabhasi ajwayelekile asephesheni, amabhasi kagesi ahlanzekile njengoba anesimo sokukhishwa kwamanzi.
"Amabhasi kagesi ayoba ngaphezu kwezindiza zamanje ze-NCTD," kusho uTucker. "Ukuguqulwa okuqhubekayo emikhawulweni yonke kagesi kungumgomo wethu futhi lokhu kuyisinyathelo esikhulu endleleni efanele."
Ababambiqhaza ohlelweni lokunciphisa imali labafundi bahlanganisa: iCalifornia State University, iSan Marcos; Mira Costa College; Ikholeji yasePalomar; ne-Vista School School. I-NCTD izoqhubeka nokusebenzisana nezikole ukusiza ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni nokusiza abafundi ukuba bafike lapho kudingeka khona.
Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi mayelana ne-LCTOP, vakashela: http://www.dot.ca.gov/drmt/splctop.html
