01-25-2007, 04:02 PM
There are mass transit buses already running down the road in Puna. To be exact, on Hwy 130 there are 3 round trip routes into Pahoa with a big mass transit buses and 3 roundtrips that use a smaller route bus, 2 of these roundtrips going out to Pohoiki and Sea view every single workday & one roundtrip on Saturday PLUS the one round trip that goes up from Kau through Volcano & down through Puna on Hwy 11. They are free, and now mostly on time. Beachboy, my comment is that if they haven't been noticed, they are obviously not that much of an eyesore.
The rail system in Puna was installed for Sugar, not for people, and as such was not set up for mass transit of people (the rail lines missed any area of high habitation, even today the rail bed is not in high habitation areas of Puna).
If you want mass transit, Please use the system we have. The county council does monitor the use & is making decisions based on the current usage. If you want more access, contact the council. This is an issue that they do take seriously & have invested a lot of money on (a new fleet of buses have been ordered & will be here late summer....now is the time to have your voice count, and filling the current Puna routes is a huge step in that direction.
Aloha, Carey
Edited by - Carey on 01/26/2007 07:05:33
The rail system in Puna was installed for Sugar, not for people, and as such was not set up for mass transit of people (the rail lines missed any area of high habitation, even today the rail bed is not in high habitation areas of Puna).
If you want mass transit, Please use the system we have. The county council does monitor the use & is making decisions based on the current usage. If you want more access, contact the council. This is an issue that they do take seriously & have invested a lot of money on (a new fleet of buses have been ordered & will be here late summer....now is the time to have your voice count, and filling the current Puna routes is a huge step in that direction.
Aloha, Carey
Edited by - Carey on 01/26/2007 07:05:33