Hawaii’s Rental Car Crisis Is Sending More Riders To Biki And TheBus … But Biki still faces steep hurdles recovering from the pandemic, including a spike in vandalized and damaged bikes.
As Hawaii tries to claw out of the COVID-19 pandemic, local rental cars have suddenly become a rare commodity. It’s almost to the point where customers need to offer their first-born child as collateral in order to secure one of those coveted vehicles.
Meanwhile, Honolulu also appears to be part of a nationwide trend in which the appetite for Uber and Lyft rides is growing but not enough drivers are returning to meet that demand. The result — recent accounts of long waits and surging prices for those on-demand trips.
