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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 15, 2025

Hawaii Pilots Carpooling Platform to Ease Driver Shortage & Strain

Fourteen schools in the state will test GoKid's carpool solution for the 2025–26 school year, which connects school families together to coordinate transportation.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 29, 2022

A-Z Bus Sales Acquires Texas Dealership

The company, with locations in California and Hawaii, now also owns Blue Star Bus Sales in West Texas.

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ArticlesSeptember 12, 2018

Island Time Crunch: How Ground Transport Got Up and Running on Maui

With limited time to acquire buses and recruit drivers, Louis Gomes and his team worked quickly to launch service for Maui students before a new school year began.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 25, 2018

NSTA Meeting Gauges Future of Transportation, Regulatory Climate

The National School Transportation Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Maui covers legislative updates, autonomous vehicles, and other topics.

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Newsby StaffOctober 19, 2017

Hawaii Student’s Artwork Featured in National School Bus Safety Week Poster

Branden Pagurayan’s winning poster contest entry illustrates this year’s National School Bus Safety Week theme: "#Stop on Red."

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 12, 2017

Hawaii Restores Suspended School Bus Routes

All Maui school bus routes are now restored. Now, the state focuses on returning consolidated routes to normal, and aims to hire more drivers.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserAugust 18, 2017

Hawaii Makes Progress on Addressing School Bus Driver Shortage

School bus companies in the state restore one bus route and hire several more CDL-licensed drivers. They are temporarily offering hiring bonuses and increased wages to mitigate bus driver shortage.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserAugust 3, 2017

Hawaii Reduces School Bus Service Due to Driver Shortage

As the school year starts, the Hawaii State Department of Education temporarily consolidates and suspends routes for four schools on Maui due to a shortage of qualified drivers.

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Newsby StaffMay 30, 2017

Hawaii Launches Last Phase of Transportation Reforms

The awarding of new school bus contracts culminates the Get on Board initiative, which the state DOE says has improved service while cutting costs by more than $13 million annually.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 2, 2014

Hawaii may add back school buses to improve sport event scheduling

The Hawaii Department of Education is looking to help improve the scheduling of sporting events after the school bus contract for Oahu was cut, providing 33 fewer buses. School buses first have to get students home from school before they can pick up the teams and take them to their games, forcing high school football games to end close to midnight.

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