[NFB-HI] Fwd: FW: PRESS RELEASE: TheBus route modifications and updates effective Sunday, August 23

[Dianna G. Jones]

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*Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii*

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From: Abe, Gavan <GAbe at dhs.hawaii.gov>
Date: Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 3:56 PM
Subject: FW: PRESS RELEASE: TheBus route modifications and updates
effective Sunday, August 23
To:


Please read below a press release regarding TheBus route modifications
which takes effect this Sunday August 23.  For info, please contact TheBus
at 848-5555 to speak to an information representative.



Thanks!



Gavan Abe

Community Services Coordinator/Hawaii Ticket to Work Coordinator

DHS/Division of Vocational Rehabilitation/Ho`opono Services for the Blind



1901 Bachelot Street

Honolulu, HI 96817

(808) 586-5271- direct

(808) 586-5311- fax

gabe at dhs.hawaii.gov







*PRESS RELEASE*

MAYOR KIRK CALDWELL

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU













*TheBus route modifications and updates effective Sunday, August 23*



Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, TheBus will continue to operate on
the Modified State Holiday Schedule; providing flexibility to add more
service in areas in need of greater frequency and to allow safe social and
physical distancing.



*Starting Sunday, August 23, the following changes to TheBus routes will be
put in effect:*



            Route changes: 1L, 67 & 413
<http://www.thebus.org/updates/RouteMod_Aug2020.asp>

            Schedule changes: 69 and 415

            Discontinued: 2L



Weekday: All other routes will remain on Modified State Holiday Schedule

Weekends: TheBus will operate on Saturday and Sunday Schedule



To provide quicker travel times across Honolulu, Route 1L will be realigned
to operate between Kalihi Transit Center and Hawaiʻi Kai using North King
Street through Kalihi instead of School Street. Between Kalihi Transit
Center and Kahala Mall, Route 1L will make very limited stops at select
destinations and transfer points, servicing half the stops of a comparable
Route 1. For a listing of Route 1L’s limited stops, please check here
<http://www.thebus.org/updates/RouteMod_Aug2020.asp> or call (808)
848-5555.



*Admission Day Holiday – Friday, August 21:*



            City buses will be on State Holiday Schedule



Additional trips will be provided along the entire Route 2 to increase
capacity and replace discontinued Route 2L trips in the peak hours.



TheBus and TheHandi-Van have taken steps to reduce the risk of infection
while riding or operating a transit vehicle. All buses and vans are
disinfected daily by wiping down all touch surfaces manually with a strong
anti-virus disinfectant and receive nightly disinfecting fogging using an
electrostatic spraying system. All drivers are temperature checked daily
before their shifts.





*Travis Ota*

*City and County of Honolulu*

*Department of Transportation Services*

*Information Specialist II*

*518-7057 (Mobile)*


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