Getting around without TheBus: Information you can use

Advertiser Staff

If you're driving, leave home at least 30 to 45 minutes earlier than usual. To cut down on the number of traffic-slowing stalls on the road, vehicles should be checked and maintained. Share rides (car pools, van pools), bike or walk to help cut down on traffic.

Numbers to call

• Vanpools Hawaii: 596-VANS or www.vanpoolhawaii.com
• Rideshare program: 692-7685
• LOTMA: Free car-pooling matches in Leeward and Central O'ahu. 677-7433 or www.lotma.org
• Bicycle commuting: 527-5044 or www.co.honolulu.hi.us/dts/bicyclingprogram.htm
• More information: City Department of Transportation Services Hot Line 527-5890; or www.co.honolulu.hi.us/dts /strike.htm

City van program

• City van program: Limited seating for passengers with reservations. Free. Call 523-4381. Morning and return routes are listed below:
  
  
• Wai'anae Satellite City Hall
• Kapolei Transit Center
• Wahiawa/Fred Wright Park
• Hans L'Orange Park
• Blaisdell Park
• Kane'ohe/Windward Mall bus stop

Passengers will be dropped off at Chinatown Gateway, where they can take shuttles to the following locations:

• CityVan shuttle stops to and from Hotel Street: Free. No reservations needed at:
  
  
• Ala Moana Center at Kona Street (diamondhead-bound)
• Ala Moana Center at the Ala Moana Boulevard bus shelter ('ewa-bound)
• Waikiki at the Hale Koa Hotel opposite the parking structure
• Waikiki at the zoo
• University of Hawai'i at Sinclair Circle
• In Kalihi at Kapalama Elementary School across from Kamehameha Shopping Center

Express service

• Limited stop bus express service: At about 5 p.m., 15 buses leave Hotel Street for the following locations:
  
  
• Blaisdell Park
• Windward City Shopping Center
• Kane'ohe District Park
• Mililani Park and Ride
• Waikele Center
• 'Ewa Beach Shopping Center
• Filipino Community Center (Waipahu)
• Kapolei Transit Center Wahiawa (California/North Cane)
• Wai'anae Mall
• Hawai'i Kai Park and Ride

Free service on first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, call 527-5890 or visit www.co.honolulu.hi.us.

Other services

• Commercial trolley service: ENOA Tours offers trolley service from Waikiki to Kaimuki, Hawai'i Kai, Pearl Harbor, Waikele and downtown and a circle-island tour. For more information, call 591-2561 or visit www.enoa.com.

Ride-sharing

Drivers willing to offer rides and people in need of a lift are encouraged to hook up at these locations:

• Kapolei Hale
• Pearl City Youth Center in Manana
• Kane'ohe District Park Gym
• Wahiawa Botanic Garden
• Waipahu Gym
• City Square in Kalihi
• Sinclair Circle at University of Hawai'i
• Hawai'i Kai Park and Ride
• Mililani Park and Ride
• Kunia Park and Ride
• Niu Valley Shopping Center
• Kailua District Park

Zipper/HOV lanes

• The State Department of Transportation will open the H-1 Freeway zipper lane from 4:30 until 8:45 a.m. for vehicles with two or more occupants. Normally at least three occupants per vehicle are required from 5 to 7 a.m., and two required from 7 to 8:30 a.m.
• The high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes along H-1, H-2 and Moanalua freeways and Kalaniana'ole Highway will be open to all vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants.

University of Hawai'i-Manoa

• UH-Manoa will potentially have 1,900 additional parking spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis, both on and off campus. Priority will be given to vehicles carrying two or more passengers that arrive at the Bachman lawn before 10 a.m. Additional on-campus sites will be at Kennedy Theatre-McCarthy Mall, the Music Building, Klum Gym gravel area and the Lab School lawn. To offset costs and provide for security, the normal $3 parking fee will be assessed at all on-campus lots.

• Off-campus parking sites: Blaisdell Center, Kaka'ako Waterfront Park, Manoa Valley District Park and Ala Wai Community Park. No parking fee except at Blaisdell, where parking will cost the normal $5.

• Limited shuttle service will be provided to the university and all off-campus parking sites. Only students, faculty and staff with a valid ID can ride the shuttle. See www.hawaii.edu /busstrike for shuttle schedules.

• Ride-sharing information available on the UH Web site at www.hawaii.edu/busstrike.