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| Jul 2, 2026 | Happy 3rd birthday Skyline | HONOLULU — The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Transportation Services (DTS) is celebrating the third anniversary of Skyline operations, the nation’s first fully automated, elevated rail transit system.
Since welcoming its first... |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Changes to TheBus and Skyline fares starting July 1, 2026 | HONOLULU – The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Transportation Services (DTS) is announcing upcoming fare changes for TheBus, Skyline and Handi-Van, beginning July 1, 2026.
The fare adjustments are part of ongoing efforts to main... |
| May 10, 2023 | Honolulu rail transit system to enter service on June 30 | CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected]
Mayor Rick Blangiardi announces the opening of Honolulu’s rail transit system in Halawa today.
The long-awaited Honolulu Rail Transit is finally opening in June, city officials announced today.
T... |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Off the News: A good time to take TheBus | There is more than one potential benefit to having the free-bus-fare week set to start on Monday. One, of course, would be the stated reason: fighting the “Back to School Jam” that happens largely when schools and colleges all set off on a ... |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Off the News: Register your HOLO card, or else | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Holders of the new HOLO cards for city transit fares, heads up: You need to register the card at www.holocard.net or by calling 808-768-4656 — ideally, right now. Read m... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Kokua Line: Do I need smartphone to get a HOLO card? | Question: Are a credit card and internet required to obtain and continue to use (reload) the disability fare HOLO card to ride TheBus on Oahu? I don’t have a smartphone.
Answer: No. “A credit card or online access are not required to obtain... |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Kokua Line: No one can ‘cash out’ stored value of Holo transit card | BRUCE ASATO / 2018
Funds stored in the Holo card can only be used for TheBus and the rail transit system.
Question: Where can I get this Holo card (808ne.ws/225kline)? Also, if I buy one for my brother, will he be able to cash it out?
Answe... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Editorial: Improve system for transit fares | The transition to the city’s planned combined rail-bus metro system will present a challenge, and not only because bus fares necessarily will go up. There’s also the issue of keeping the system running on time, or at all well, given all the... |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Rate Commission seeks testimony on bus and rail fares | ASSOCIATED PRESS
A train sat atop a rail line under construction May 30 after a test run in Waipahu.
The Honolulu Rate Commission will take public testimony on the future of mass transit fares at a meeting from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at ... |
| Dec 30, 2018 | Holo transit card is catching on during pilot program | BRUCE ASATO / MARCH 27
The new Holo smart-chip card, which is in the pilot phase, can be used on TheBus, TheHandiVan and eventually on the Kapolei-to-Ala-Moana rail line.
About 2,100 Oahu public transit riders have signed up so far for the ... |
| Kokua Line: When is smartphone class for kupuna? | Question: Did they resume free summer computer instruction for seniors? I mean in-person?
Answer: No, the Seniors Helping Seniors computer classes you’re referring to haven’t been held since before the pandemic. However, an abbreviated sche... |
| Kokua Line: Why no HOLO cards at Ala Moana satellite city hall? | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Question: The city should expand service at the satellite city hall at Ala Moana Center, not reduce it; this is the closest satellite to the major population centers of ... |
| Kokua Line: Can a savings bond be too old to redeem? | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Question: Can a U.S. savings bond get too old redeem? I can’t find a bank that will cash it in. Read more
Mahalo for reading the Honolulu Star-Advertiser!
You're re... |
| Kokua Line: Can I still claim the stimulus if I delay filing my federal taxes? | Question: I know the IRS postponed the filing deadline to May 17, but I need more time than that. I didn’t get the first stimulus and want to claim it. Can I still do that on the extension?
Answer: Yes. For an extension to file your 2020 fe... |
| TheBus will make switch from paper passes to electronic HOLO cards | COURTESY HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Starting July 1, TheBus riders will be switching to electronic HOLO cards instead of paper passes.
The city Department of Transportation Services is urging TheBus riders to begin the t... |
| Kokua Line: Will there be security on every Oahu train? | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Question: I already have a HOLO card that I use on TheBus. Will I be able to use the same HOLO card on the train? Read more
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| Honolulu’s Skyline is ready to roll | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
A train stopped at Kualaka’i, the East Kapolei station, during a test run last week.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STA... |
| City officials confirm cyberattack caused ‘mass disabling’ of TheBus, Handi-Van servers | STAR-ADVERTISER / 2014
UPDATE 5 p.m.
The cyberattack on Oahu’s bus system “has the trappings” of being a ransomware attack, according to Roger Morton, director of the Department of Transportation Services, although it is still being investi... |
| Kokua Line: Where is the catalog of Parks & Rec classes? | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Question: Regarding the Parks & Rec classes, are those for adults, too, or only kids? Are they free? Where is registration? Where is a class list? Read more
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| Gates will be open during free rides on Oahu rail system | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
VIDEO COURTESY HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
A timelapse shows the eastbound view aboard the Honolulu rail.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISE... |
| Hawaii leaders gather for Skyline’s opening ceremony | INDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Grand opening ceremony attendees enter the Halawa station fare gates of the Skyline rail system, which opens to the public today.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Honolulu Ma... |
| Rail ridership projections, revenue uncertain after Skyline opens | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
JAMM AQUINO / [email protected]
Passengers packed a westbound Skyline train Friday.
JAMM AQUINO / [email protected]
Four-year-old Bailey Bento watched ... |
| City and agencies confer with other hacking targets | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Honolulu transportation officials continue to restore online services shut down by a ransomware attack — collaborating with other entities that have fallen victim on how... |
