HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) announced today that four previously suspended school bus routes in Central Oʻahu and East Hawaiʻi Island will be reinstated starting Monday, Sept. 30, restoring service for more than 70 student bus riders at three schools.
The latest restored routes will be serviced by bus service provider Ground Transport Inc. Parents and guardians of student riders will be notified directly of restored routes and any necessary route modifications.
The following school bus routes will resume service, effective Monday, Sept. 30.
O'AHU
ʻAiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex Area: 2 routes
- Moanalua Middle – HR18B, HR23B
ISLA DE HAWAI
Ka‘ū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Area: 2 routes
- Pāhoa Elementary, Pāhoa High & Intermediate – SR09A, SR09B
Following the restoration of the four routes next Monday, a total of 100 routes will have been restored. Efforts to restore the remaining 38 suspended bus routes are ongoing.
Ground Transport is working to restore a route to the Kahakuloa area on North Maui that services Waiheʻe Elementary, ʻĪao Intermediate and Baldwin High.
Ground Transport está reclutando activamente nuevos conductores, aprovechando la proclamación de emergencia del gobernador para agilizar el proceso de contratación. La proclamación permite que los conductores con una licencia de conducir comercial (CDL) y una autorización “P” (que les permite transportar pasajeros) operen autobuses escolares temporalmente, en lugar de la autorización “S” que se requiere específicamente para los conductores de autobuses escolares. La empresa también está explorando asociaciones con otros operadores de autobuses turísticos para ampliar aún más la capacidad.
Se proporcionarán más actualizaciones a medida que se restablezcan rutas de autobús adicionales.
