Izinhlekelele ezingadingekile Kumelwe Zime
Oceanside - ICalifornia inesibalo esiphakeme kakhulu sabantu abadlula ebangeni lokuwela e-United States futhi ngamathrekhi amamayela angama-63 afakiwe ekusebenzeni kwayo, iNorth County Transit District (NCTD) kanye nabalingani bayo bezinsizakalo zesitimela babeka phambili kakhulu ekuphepheni kojantshi. Ngenyanga kaSepthemba Yokuphepha Kwezitimela, i-NCTD ikhumbuza abahamba ngezinyawo nabashayeli ukuba bavikele inhlekelele engadingekile, balalele izimpawu zokuxwayisa futhi bakhumbule njalo ukuthi, “See Tracks, Think Trains.”
Ku-2020, izehlakalo ezingama-245 zokungena ngokungemthetho kujantshi wesitimela eCalifornia ziphele ngokulimala okungu-115 nokufa kwabangu-130.
Ngomzamo wokunciphisa lezi zinhlekelele, iziShayamthetho Zikahulumeni zaphasisa umthethosivivinywa wango-2009 owawubeka uSepthemba “njengeNyanga Yezokuphepha Kwezitimela.” Unyaka nonyaka, abagibeli bezitimela nabagibeli bahlangana ukukhumbuza abahamba ngezinyawo nabashayeli ukuba baqaphele lapho beseduze kojantshi.
I-NCTD ibamba ukuphepha njengenye uma amanani ayo ayisisekelo ekunikezelweni nasekusebenzeni kwezinsizakalo zokuhamba komphakathi kuyo yonke indawo yesevisi yayo. Ngokufinyelela emphakathini, i-NCTD izoqhubeka nokukhuthaza ukuqwashiswa kwezokuphepha kanye nemfundo eduze nasezinqwelweni zayo zezitimela kanye nojantshi ukuya kumalungu emiphakathi eyisebenzelayo.
“Ukuphepha ngempela kuhamba phambili ohlwini lwezinto eziseqhulwini ze-NCTD. Imfundo ingesinye sezihluthulelo zokugcina umphakathi uphephile lapho uhamba khona, ”kusho uTony Kranz, uSihlalo weBhodi leNCTD, iPhini leMeya yase-Encinitas. “Amathrekhi awekho ndawo yokudlala, ukuthatha izithombe, noma ukuzivocavoca umzimba. Amathrekhi enzelwe izitimela kuphela. ”
Ukulahlekelwa kabuhlungu konyaka odlule bekungeyona impazamo. Eminyakeni emibili eyedlule, kube nezigameko eziyisithupha ezingama-467 zesitimela (ezihlobene ngqo nokungena ngokungemthetho) ezirekhodwe izwe lonke kanti ezingama-259 zabulala kwathi ezingama-208 zalimala.
Ngeminye imininingwane mayelana nokuphepha kojantshi, vakashela i-GoNCTD.com noma ulandele i-NCTD ku-Twitter @GoNCTD.