HELE-ON HAS IMPLEMENTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TRANSIT MASTER PLAN ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2021…PLUS SERVICE PLAN
HELE-ON HAS IMPLEMENTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TRANSIT
MASTER PLAN ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2021
The County’s Mass Transit Agency has launched new transit services based on
recommendations from the Transit and Multi-Modal Transportation Master Plan
The County of Hawai’i Mass Transit Agency has implemented the recommendations for
fixed-route and paratransit service from the Final Transit and Multi-Modal Transportation
Master Plan adopted in 2018. The changes include more routes, later service, and new
service added on Sundays and Holidays.
The new Hele-On transit system includes Sunday service in Waimea, Hilo, Kailua-Kona,
and Puna areas of the island. Routes in Hilo, Waimea, and Kailua-Kona will operate
every 60 to 120 minutes. Additional trips will be added on service to Volcano, North
Kohala, South Kohala, Honoka’a, and Waimea routes. In addition, new service has been
established between Waimea and Kailua-Kona via the Route 76: Green Line, between
Hilo and Kona via the Route 2: Blue Line, within Kailua-Kona on Routes 202 and 204,
within Hilo on Route 104, and within the Puna District on Routes 401, 402 and 403. The
new route network is shown below:
Route # Route Name
1 Hilo to Kona
2 Blue Line (Hilo to Kona via Saddle Road)
10 Hilo to Ocean View
11 Red Line (Hilo to Volcano)
40 Hilo to Pahoa
60 Hilo to Honoka’a and Waimea
70 North Kohala to South Kohala Resorts
75 North Kohala-Waimea-South Kohala-Kailua Kona
76 Green Line (Honoka’a to Kaulia Kona)
80 Hilo to South Kohala Resorts
90 Pahala to South Kohala Resorts
101 Keaukaha
102 Kaumana
103 Waiakea Uka
104 Mohouli
201 Kona Trolley
202 North & Central Kailua-Kona
204 South Kona/Captain Cook
401 Hawaiian Beaches/Nanawale/ Seaview
402 Hawaiian Paradise Park/ Orchidland/Hawaiian Acres/Ainaloa
403 Fern Acres/Fern Forest/Eden Roc
301 Waimea Circulator
The implementation of the restructured transit service supports the efforts of Mayor Roth
to increase access to public transit for all island residents, allowing for more economic
development, improved access to employment, shopping, medical, education, and quality
of life opportunities and helps the County to achieve substantiality goals regarding
transportation as set forth from the Sustainability Summit that occurred this past March.
New timetables (schedules) and route maps are available online at
http://www.heleonbus.org/news/starting-september-5-2021-changes-are-coming-tohele-on-bus-routes or by calling (808) 961-8744, option 1. They can also be picked up at
Mo’oheau Bus Terminal at 329 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo, Monday -Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For more information about Hele-On, and the new Route 201: Kona Trolley, please call
(808) 961-8744, TDD: 711 through the relay service, email
heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov, visit www.heleonbus.org, or find Hele-On Bus on
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