Transportation

On Wednesday, a crash involving a city bus and a pickup truck near the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport left more than a dozen injured. Dr. Jim Ireland, director of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department, recounted the event.

Dr. Jim Ireland with Honolulu EMS discusses the response to a major crash between a city bus and a pick-up truck; South Korea has elected a new president months after the country faced a martial law crisis

A $7,500 incentive to buy new EVs would end in 2026, and another $4,000 tax credit for the purchase of used EVs would end this year. If the Senate agrees to the bill's current language, EV owners would also have to pay $250 on top of their annual registration.

Hawaiʻi is projected to fall short of its emissions reduction targets. A new transportation strategy could get the state back on track. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

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In the 2024-2025 school year so far, the department has hired 125 new drivers and has reinstated 125 of the 138 canceled routes. The improvement is partially due to the department's decision to change the qualifications for school bus drivers.

The newly established Essential Rural Medical Air Transport program is teaming up with Pūlama Ka Heke on Molokaʻi and Lāna‘i Kinā‘ole to allow air transportation for non-emergency medical services that aren't offered on these islands.

Hawaiʻi County council members are questioning whether big investments in mass transit make sense on the state's largest island. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

State Rep. Kanani Souza wants an emergency route built in Makakilo, a community with only one way in and one way out. However, none of the measures she introduced this legislative session got a hearing in the Transportation Committee.

During his State of the City address, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced that the second segment of the Skyline rail will open to the public on Oct. 1. The Conversation talked to HART Director and CEO Lori Kahikina, who was a bit surprised by the commitment.