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KONA TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCK SUMMARY OF' "TRIAL RUN" - page 6 People particularly liked map showing places along the route - even though the computer program being used was rudimentary. 'I'o some, the schedule seemed initially difficult to read and follow because there were so many times posted in such a concentrated space. The route was fairly complex because one bus was doing the entire area from Captain Look throughout Kailua- Kona, including all the residential and shopping areas. Unce it was explained people said it was actually quite easy to follow, and more helpful and complete than the original rack cards & schedules. The public expressed appreciation for having schedules available, for stores, the Mass Transit Agency and drivers who distributed them. The most frustrating and difficult part of publicity was that the initial rack cards had been distributed all over the city by many people, with no comprehensive record or way to retrieve them! Z was still finding these in places like the Mayor's Office in Kona up to November, and by the Hawaii Visitor's Center in January 19971 Because several schedules were made by the Mass Transit Agency within the first 3 weeks of the "trial bus run", it was very confusing for the public to know if they had the most current schedule, and the older ones were often way off in times, so no one knew when & where to catch the bus! This affected the trial bus run for months - likely for the whole period of the test. MAIHAA'S PUBLIC ACCESS T.V. SHOWS (3 half hour interviews with liana Eudaley and Merle Martin, videotaped August, televised one show per month, Sept.- December 1996. U0 second HELEON ad Cable Channel 10 - Kona and Ch. 2 - Hilo, also shown on Cable l3 - Kona. Interviews with Big Island Politicians produced in January 1997 as a half-hour show - "Politicians & Public 'T'ransportation". The production of the television programs for HELEON on Cable 10 and 2 was done as a volunteer without charge. Local businesses sponsored some part of costs. DECLARED INTENTION SUPPORTED BY TOM BROWN- MASS TRANSIT AGENCY: MASS TRANSIT AND BUSINESS GROUPS TO JOIN WITH KONA TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP NEW OVERALL PLAN F'OR KONA & WEST HAWAII ***Tom Brown expressed his intention that the GROUP OF BUSINESS PEOPLE along with the KONA-KOHALA VISITOR'S INFORMATION & HAWAII VISIOR'S BUREAU JOIN WITH THE KONA TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE rather than form one of their own. Thase groups to FORM ONE GROUP to WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE SOLUTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION NEEDS: