HONOLULU – The Honolulu Rate Commission will be accepting public comment and testimony on proposed policy changes affecting Skyline, TheBus and TheHandi-Van at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. The Commission will also be accepting in-person testimony at community meetings on the following dates and times at these locations:
- Monday, February 10, 2025 at 7:30m.
Kapolei Hale, 1000 Ulu‘ōhi‘a Street, Conference Rooms A&B
- Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 6:30 m.
Kapālama Hale, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Room 277
- Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
Kāne’ohe District Park, 45-660 Kea’ahala Road, Meeting Room 2
Across Honolulu’s multimodal system, including TheBus, TheHandi-Van, and Skyline, operating and maintenance costs are rising. Adjustment to fares ensure we can maintain service quality across all modes. Proposed changes to public transportation fare structures will ensure the City’s multimodal transportation system is reliable, sustainable and able to meet the changing needs of Oʻahu’s transit riders.
The public is invited to provide testimony on policy recommendations at the Commissionʻs regular meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, starting at 2:30 p.m. in the Mānoa Falls Conference Room, 711 Kapi‘olani Boulevard, Suite 1600. The meeting can be attended in-person or via the Zoom platform. The Zoom meeting link can be found here.
A copy of the meeting agenda can be found on the Rate Commission website here.
Policy recommendations include:
- Increase adult monthly cap/pass from $80 to $90
- Increase youth monthly cap/pass from $40 to $45
- Increase reduced fare for single-ride from $1.25 to $1.50
- Increase reduced fare day cap from $3 to $3.75
- Increase reduced fare annual pass from $45 to $50
- Implement a $0.25 incentive to use HOLO card (bus only)
- Increase TheHandi-Van fare from $2.25 to $2.50
- Increase 7-day pass cost from $35 to $40
- Authorize the DTS Director to set a special event fare
- Eliminate the $1.5 million budget cap for the low-income fare program
Written testimony may be:
Emailed to: ratecomm@honolulu.gov
Faxed to: (808) 768-4730
Mailed to: 711 Kapiʻolani Boulevard, 16th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813; Attention: Rate Commission.
Written testimonies, including the testifier’s address, email and phone number, will be publicly available on the Rate Commission website.
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability or an interpreter for a language other than English, please call the Department of Transportation Services Office at 808-768-8329 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or send an email to hchee@honolulu.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
The public’s voice is important to us and the City is eager to hear all testimonies to improve and grow Oʻahu’s transportation network.
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