Department of Transportation Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 15, 2024                                                                                                         

HONOLULU – The City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services (DTS) announces upcoming TheBus service changes starting on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

The following routes are being modified:

Route 9 (Kaimukī-Pearl Harbor)

• Route 9 will be discontinued.
• Bus service along Valkenburg Street and Center Drive will no longer be offered.
• Service options along Discontinued Route 9.
  • Routes 2/2L (select trips): service between Kapiolani Community College (KCC) – 18^th Avenue/Pāhoa Avenue
  • New Route 7: service between 18^th Avenue/Pāhoa Avenue – Kaimukī Town/Waialae Avenue – Kapiolani Boulevard/Ala Moana Shopping Center
  • Route 40: service between Kapiolani Boulevard/Ala Moana Shopping Center – Downtown/Hotel Street – Dillingham Boulevard – Nimitz Highway
  • Nimitz Highway – Radford Drive – Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH)
    • Radford Drive/Navy Exchange
      • Route 1L: service between Kaimukī/Waialae Avenue – Mōʻiliʻili – Downtown – Kalihi – Salt Lake – Radford Drive – Aloha Stadium
    • JBPHH
      • Route PH8 at Aloha Stadium

Route 7 (Kalihi Valley)

New Route 7 (Kalihi-Kahala)

• Route 7 will be restructured with an extension to Kahala Mall and the Kamehameha IV Road segment will be discontinued and replaced by New Route 307.
• New Route 7 service areas:
  • Kalihi Valley
  • Kalihi-Pālama
  • Iwilei
  • Downtown/Chinatown
  • Ala Moana
  • Kakaʻako
  • Moʻiliʻili
  • Kaimukī
  • Kahala Mall
• Kalihi Street between Dillingham Boulevard and N. King Street will have AM/PM peak service in the mauka-bound direction only.

New Route 307 (Kamehameha IV-Kalihi Transit Center)

• Will serve the Kamehameha IV Road segment of the current Route 7.
• Service areas:
  • Kamehameha IV Road
  • School Street
  • Gulick Avenue
  • N. King Street
  • Mokauea Street
  • Dillingham Boulevard
  • Kalihi Transit Center

Route 18 (University-Ala Moana)

• Route 18 will be discontinued.
• Service options along Discontinued Route 18:
  • Routes 13/14: service between Kapalulu Shopping Center – St Louis Drive/Chaminade University
  • Route 13: service between Kapahulu Shopping Center – UH Mānoa/Dole Street/University Avenue
  • Route 4: service between UH Mānoa/University Avenue – Wilder Avenue/Pensacola Street
  • Route 102: service between Wilder Avenue/Keʻeaumoku Street – Ala Moana Center
  • Route 8: service between Wilder Avenue/Pensacola Street – Ala Moana Center

Route 24 (Kapahulu-ʻĀina Haina)

• Route 24 will be discontinued
• Service options along Discontinued Route 24
  • Routes 13/14: service between Kapahulu Shopping Center – Waikīkī/Honolulu Zoo
  • Routes 2/2L (select trips): service between Waikīkī/Honolulu Zoo – Campbell Avenue – Kapiolani Community College – Kahala Mall
  • New Route 23: service between ʻĀina Haina – Kahala Mall

Route 23 (Ala Moana-Sea Life Park)

New Route 23 (Kahala-ʻĀina Haina-Sea Life Park)

• Route 23 will be restructured.
• New Route 23
  • Service will be extended into ʻĀina Haina to replace Discontinued Route 24.
    • New 2-way service will be offered within ʻĀina Haina.
  • Service between Ala Moana – Kahala Mall will be discontinued.
    • Service options along discontinued segments of Route 23:
      • Routes 2/2L: service between Kahala Mall-Kapiolani Community College-Honolulu Zoo-Kūhiō Avenue-Downtown
      • Routes E/13/20/42: service between Honolulu Zoo-Waikīkī-Ala Moana-Downtown
    • Service between ʻĀina Haina and Sea Life Park will remain unchanged.

Route 20 (Aloha Stadium-Waikīkī)

• The Kapiolani Park loop will be discontinued from Route 20 and replaced by New Route 200.
• New terminus will be on Monsarrat Avenue near the Kapiolani Bandstand.

Route 9s (Pālolo Valley)

New Route 200 (Kapiolani Park-Pālolo Valley)

• Route 9S will be discontinued and replaced with New Route 200 Kapiolani Park-Pālolo Valley.
• New Route 200 service areas:
  • Pālolo Valley (routing will remain unchanged from Discontinued Route 9s)
  • Waialae Avenue
  • Saint Louis School
  • Chaminade University
  • Kaimukī Avenue/Market City Shopping Center
  • Kaimukī High School
  • 6^th Avenue/Alohea Street
  • Ruger Market
  • Makapuʻu Avenue/Kapiolani Community College
  • Kapahulu Avenue/Honolulu Zoo
  • Kalākaua Avenue/Waikīkī Aquarium
  • Kapiolani Park
  • Poni Moʻi Road/Paki Avenue (new terminus location)

DTS continues to monitor and evaluate TheBus system to address changes in service demand, productivity, and resource allocation.

For TheBus schedule and route information, please visit: www.thebus.org

For TheBus customer service, please call (808) 848-5555 and press 5.

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