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ʻO Claudia San Miguel, Luna Nui, Beaumont Transit

Claudia.SanMiguel@beaumonttransit.com| (409) 835-7895

Loaʻa iā Beaumont Municipal Transit (Zip) he $2,819,460 Federal Grant no ka lawe ʻana i kāna ʻauwaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.

ʻO ka makana kekahi o nā papahana 130 wale nō i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e ka bila ʻoihana a ka Pelekikena Biden e hoʻokomo i nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka maʻemaʻe i nā kaiāulu ma ʻAmelika.

ʻO ke kālā, ʻo ia hoʻi ka haʻawina a ke kūlanakauhale he $499,022, a i ʻole ma kahi o $100,000 no kēlā me kēia kaʻa, e hoʻohana ʻia e pani i ʻelima mau kaʻa i ʻoi aku ma mua o ko lākou ola pono. ʻO nā kaʻaahi GILLIG Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) hou e hoʻonui i ka pono o ka lawelawe, e ho'ēmi i nā lilo o ka mālamaʻana, e hāʻawi i kaʻenehana haʻahaʻa a me ka hilinaʻi, a ua hoʻonui i nā mīkini e ho'ēmi i ka NOx a me ka PM ma ka 90 pakeneka ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona kahiko.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele Transit Claudia San Miguel, "Mahalo nui mākou i ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele no ka ʻike ʻana i ka waiwai o kā mākou papahana a me ka hana ʻana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka halihali lehulehu ma ʻAmelika."

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ʻO ka hoʻolālā i hōʻoia ʻia o ka kaʻaahi GILLIG CNG i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hilinaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa a me ka ʻoihana wahie maikaʻi loa o nā kaʻa CNG i hoʻāʻo ʻia ma ka Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center. Hāʻawi nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻo GILLIG i kahi hoʻolālā mālama mālama ʻia me kahi papa hoʻokele wahie i hoʻohui ʻia a me nā mea maʻalahi hiki ke lawelawe. Hoʻohana ke kaʻaahi GILLIG i ka mīkini Cummins L9N a hāʻawi i nā hoʻokuʻu kokoke-zero no ka pahi CNG maʻemaʻe loa i ka ʻoihana.

E hōʻemi ka BMT Zip i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu

ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ke kaʻaahi GILLIG CNG hou me ka mīkini Cummins L9N CNG ma mua o nā kaʻa kaʻa NABI CNG he 14 makahiki i hoʻololi ʻia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie no nā ʻauwaʻa kaʻa e hoʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu.

E hōʻemi ka BMT Zip i nā hoʻokuʻu.

ʻO ke kaʻaahi GILLIG CNG hou me ka mīkini Cummins L9N CNG e hōʻemi i nā hoʻokuʻu ʻino. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa i manaʻo ʻia i nā ʻenekini CNG e hōʻemi ana i ka NOx a me ka particulate matter (PM) e 90 pakeneka ma mua o nā kumu hoʻohālike mua he 15 mau makahiki i hala. Hoʻokō ka ʻenekini Cummins L9N i ka 0.02 g/bhp-hr koho kokoke-zero NOx emission standard, ʻo ia ka 90 pakeneka emi NOx ma mua o ka maʻamau o kēia manawa.

E hōʻemi ka BMT Zip i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona pololei.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kaʻaahi GILLIG CNG hou i manaʻo ʻia ma mua o nā kaʻa kaʻa CNG i pani ʻia. No laila, ʻo ka hoʻemi ʻia ʻana o ka wahie mai nā ʻenekini ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu kalapona pololei.

Aia nā ʻauwaʻa ala paʻa i kēia manawa he 17 mau kaʻa kaʻa CNG.

ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi ʻē aʻe o ka papahana ʻo ia ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā wahi lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kahiko ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hana, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea no ka poʻe nāwaliwali.

E pili ana i Beaumont Municipal Transit (BMT Zip): Hoʻohana ʻia nā kaʻa kaʻa lehulehu o Beaumont i nā ʻauwaʻa o 28 mau kaʻa a me nā kaʻa paratransit me kahi misionari e hoʻopili palekana i ko mākou kaiāulu ulu, a hana ikaika e hoʻolako i nā kaʻa kaʻa a puni ke kūlanakauhale.