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Ma Foothill Transit, ʻapo mākou i ka hoʻomau ʻana no ka mea e pōmaikaʻi ana i nā ʻano āpau o kā mākou ʻoihana, ʻoiai ke kōkua pū nei i ko mākou kaiāulu ma ka pale ʻana i ke kaiapuni ma o ke ana ʻana a me ke kuleana o ka mālama ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai.
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Ua alakaʻi ʻo Foothill Transit i ka uku no ka halihali hoʻomau no nā makahiki. ʻO ia ke kumu i lilo ai mākou i MUA I KA AINA e hoʻokomo i nā kaʻa uila wikiwiki ma nā alanui. ʻO ia ke kumu i hoʻopukapuka kālā ai mākou i kahi ʻAUWAI O NĀ KAʻA UILA WAIHONA MAʻEMAʻEʻO ia ke kumu e nānā mau ai mākou a ana i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai. No ka mea, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou i nā huakaʻi me ka hala ʻole. ʻO kēlā me kēia holo ʻana ma ka transit lehulehu he hoʻokahi kaʻa noho hoʻokahi ma ka alanui, e hōʻemi ana i ka nui o nā hoʻokuʻu ʻino i ka lewa! Me me kou kōkua, hiki iā mākou ke hana E HOOLA ANA I KO MAKOU PUNI a me ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou ea i maʻemaʻe e like me ka maʻalahi o ka holo lio.
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Ua kūpaʻa ʻo Foothill Transit i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi ʻauwaʻa kaʻa uila 100%. Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā kaʻa uila pila i loko o kā mākou ʻauwaʻa mai ka makahiki 2010, a ua hoʻohui mākou i ʻelua mau kaʻa papa pālua uila pila ʻo Alexander Dennis i ka makahiki 2021 - e lawe ana i kā mākou ʻauwaʻa uila pila i 19 mau kaʻa. Ke loaʻa nei iā mākou he 24 mau kaʻa papa pālua hou aʻe i ka makahiki 2027!
A i kēia manawa, ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka halihali hoʻomau me ke kūʻai nui loa ʻana o ʻAmelika i nā kaʻa uila Xcelsior CHARGE H2™ hydrogen fuel cell (FCEB). Haʻaheo ʻo Foothill Transit e hāʻawi i nā holo maʻemaʻe, mālie, a palekana hoʻi ma kā mākou ʻauwaʻa o 37 FCEB (me 15 mau mea hou aʻe ma ke ala!).
A hiki i kēia lā, ua holo kā mākou ʻauwaʻa kaʻa uila pila a me FCEB ma mua o 5.2 miliona mile a hāʻawi i ka lawelawe hoʻopuka ʻole i nā kamaʻāina ma ke awāwa ʻo San Gabriel.
No ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā mākou ʻauwaʻa FCEB, mālama ʻia ka wahie hydrogen ma ke kahua hoʻolako wahie Hydrogen Pomona hou i loko o kahi pahu 25,000-galani. Hāʻawi ʻia ka hydrogen wai i kēlā me kēia lā ʻelua i loko o ka pahu hydrogen. A laila hoʻopili ʻia ka hydrogen wai e ʻelua mau pamu cryogenic i loko o ʻelua mau hale kiaʻi vaporizer kahi e hoʻomehana ʻia ai a hoʻololi ʻia i ke ʻano kinoea a mālama ʻia i loko o 10 mau moku mālama 40kg no ka hāʻawi ʻana i loko o nā kaʻa.
Hiki ke hoʻopiha hou ʻia nā kaʻa ʻōhua i loko o 7-10 mau minuke a hiki ke holo a hiki i 300 mile ma ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana i hoʻokahi manawa. Eia kekahi, aia ma ka pā kaʻa ʻōhua ʻo Arcadia Irwindale he 14 mau kikowaena hoʻopiha no kā mākou ʻauwaʻa kaʻa uila pila. Ua ʻae kā mākou mau kaʻa ʻōhua haʻahaʻa a me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā mākou e wehe i kā mākou mau pahu mālama diesel mai kā mākou mau hale hana a e wehe a hōʻemi i kekahi leaka diesel a puni nā wahi pahu.
ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa liʻiliʻi a mākou e hoʻohana ai no nā parade he uila piha!
ʻO kā mākou mau kaʻa kaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a ʻaʻole hoʻokuʻu ʻia hoʻi e hoʻopuka i nā hōʻaiʻē wahie kalapona haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka California Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Nā hana ʻoihana
ʻAʻole wale nā kaʻa a pau o kā mākou mau kaʻa he haʻahaʻa a ʻaʻohe hoʻokuʻu ʻana, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa o kā mākou hui he hybrid a he uila piha paha. Ua hoʻokomo mākou i nā mea hoʻoili kaʻa uila ma kahi kaʻa o kā mākou mau keʻena hoʻomalu i hiki i kā mākou mau kaʻa hui a me nā kaʻa uila e kipa aku ana ke hoʻouka a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā mea haumia o ka ea mai ko mākou kaiāulu.
Hoʻonui pū ʻia kā mākou mau keʻena hoʻokele me ka hoʻonaninani wai haʻahaʻa nani, a i ʻole "xeriscaping".
I loko o ka hale, loaʻa i ko mākou lumi hoʻomaha a pau nā aerators e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻohana i ka wai liʻiliʻi. Eia kekahi, ʻo nā faucets a me nā kukui o kā mākou keʻena ke hoʻomalu ʻia e nā mea ʻike neʻe, ʻo ia ka mea e pio koke lākou ke hoʻohana ʻole ʻia. Loaʻa i kā mākou poʻe limahana nā lumi kuke ma kēlā me kēia papahele i lako me nā kīʻaha hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia a me nā mea kālā, i hiki iā mākou ke pale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kīʻaha hoʻopau ke mālama mākou i nā hanana a i ka wā hoʻomaha ʻaina awakea.
I kēlā me kēia mahina, hana pū kā mākou "Eco Team" me nā limahana e kōkua iā lākou e hana i nā hoʻoholo hoʻomau i ka hana - nā mea e like me ke paʻi ʻana ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka pepa a me ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā mea holoi ipu i ʻole e holoi hou ʻia nā kīʻaha.
Ua lako pono ʻia kā mākou mau hale hana a me nā hale mālama me nā panela solar ma luna o ka hale. Ua pani hou mākou i ka ʻōnaehana HVAC (hoʻomehana a me ke ea hoʻoluʻu) ma kā mākou Hale Hana a me ka Mālama ʻana ma Pomona a me kā mākou Hale Hana a me ka Mālama ʻana ma Arcadia Irwindale me kahi ʻōnaehana hana kiʻekiʻe, me kahi hale keʻokeʻo thermoplastic. Hōʻike kēia hale i ka lā wela o Kaleponi no laila e pono ai mākou i ka ikehu liʻiliʻi e hoʻomaʻalili i ka hale. ʻO nā hale holoi kaʻa e mālama ana i kā mākou mau kaʻa i ʻālohilohi a keʻokeʻo e hana hou i ka wai, no laila ua emi ka ʻōpala. Ua pani ʻia nā mīkini hana diesel ma kā mākou mau hale e nā mīkini hana CNG.
ʻO nā kukui uila a pau ma kā mākou City of Industry Park & Ride he mau LED, ka mea e hoʻohana liʻiliʻi loa i ka uila. Ua wehe mākou i kahi kikowaena transit hou ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Covina, kahi a mākou e hana ai i kahi hale kaʻa e kokoke ana i ka ikehu "net zero" e like me ka hiki. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, hoʻopuka ka hale i ka nui o ka ikehu e like me ka mea e hoʻohana ai. Loaʻa i ka hale nā panel solar e like me kā mākou mau hale hana a me ka mālama. He mau LED nā kukui uila a pau, a hopu mākou i ka wai ua e hoʻohana no ka hoʻoinu ʻana i ka ʻāina.
Ua kūkulu mākou i kahi hale hoʻomaha hou ma ke kikowaena o Los Angeles me LADOT lāua ʻo AVTA. ʻAe kēia hale i kā mākou mau kaʻa Commuter Express e noho ma ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale ma hope o ka huakaʻi kakahiaka ma kahi o ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hale hana a me ka mālama ʻana ma Pomona - he mamao huakaʻi hele a hoʻi mai he 68 mile! Hoʻemi nui kēia i ka nui o ka wahie a mākou e hoʻohana ai a hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o kā mākou mau kaʻa. Loaʻa i nā kaʻa AVTA, pono e hele mamao aku ma mua o kā mākou, nā pono like.
Ua ʻike ka American Public Transportation Association (APTA) i ka Foothill Transit no ka hiki ʻana i ka Platinum Level, ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe loa i hiki, ma ka APTA Sustainability Commitment Program.
ʻO mākou ka ʻōnaehana kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa mua wale nō ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau e loaʻa i ka APTA Platinum Level no nā hana hoʻomau koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻelima wale nō ʻōnaehana transit lehulehu ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i loaʻa i kēia pae kiʻekiʻe Platinum. ʻO Foothill Transit kahi mea i hoʻokumu i ka APTA Sustainability Commitment i ka makahiki 2009, a ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike gula ma 2015. , a me ka hoomau waiwai.