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 | | TheBus, of course, is heavily subsidized, and so experts say if vanpools were further subsidized and TheBus was less subsidized, making the price to the consumer more even, that more people would opt to take the vanpool or carpool over TheBus. |
 | | TheBus strike actually made the public realize the city’s BRT plan to run on exclusive lanes, cutting off lanes from general traffic in several of Hawaii’s major Honolulu thoroughfares, was not a way to make traffic flow quicker and more smoothly, rather to make traffic even more stagnant. |
 | | Local experts say fewer TheBus vehicles would be needed overall if private transporters were brought in during peak traffic times because TheBus fleet is around twice the size it needs to be during off-peak hours, but is kept large to accommodate ridership peaks in the morning and afternoon traffic times. |
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