Sites, dates added for bus IDs, passes

Advertiser Staff

The city is expanding the number of places and times senior citizens and disabled riders can obtain new identification cards and passes to ride TheBus.

After thousands of people flooded the Blaisdell Center in the first few days the passes were available, the expanded schedule was announced.

City officials say that more than 50,000 existing senior and disabled passes need to be replaced by Nov. 1.

Where to go

Here's a schedule of where and when the new ID cards and passes are available:

• TheBus main office, 811 Middle St., weekdays, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

• Blaisdell Center, today and tomorrow, Oct. 14-17 and Oct. 20-24, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Pearlridge Satellite City Hall, Oct. 13-17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Windward Mall, Old Coconut Grove site, Oct. 15-17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Wahiawa District Park, Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Waimanalo District Park, Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Makua Ali'i Senior Citizen Center, Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Kane'ohe Community Center, Oct. 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Existing senior (age 65 and older) and disabled bus passes will be valid until Nov. 1. After that, those passengers will have four payment options for riding TheBus:

• Buy an annual bus pass for $30. These passes will now have a photo of the pass holder. (There is no added $10 fee for the new annual pass.)

• Buy a monthly pass for $5. To use the pass, a rider must also obtain a photo identification card, which will be sold for $10 at processing centers. The photo ID card is valid for four years.

• Pay a reduced rate of $1 per ride using the identification card.ÊAgain, an ID card costing $10 is required.

• Pay the standard fare of $2 per ride. No ID is needed.

In addition, disabled riders with an existing bus pass will not have to produce medical verification of their disability when buying a new pass.