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8. MASS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT <br /> Annual ADA Training-February 2025 <br /> Received donation of Gillig bus parts from Oahu Transit Services-February 2025 <br /> Relocation of a Kona bus shelter to Pahoa Elementary bus stop-February 2025 <br /> Addition of (1) new hometown diesel bus-February 2025. 7 additional buses coming in <br />over the next several months. <br /> 9 paratransit vans on order <br /> Mass Transit Administrator position posted-February 2025 <br /> Pahoa Hub progress-CATEX is currently with HDOT <br /> Continued work to implement bus stops and bus shelters island-wide <br />Upcoming elements: <br /> Working with Transit Vistas and Dept. of Research and Development (R&D) to <br />update online platforms like google maps of bus route and bus stop information and <br />updating schedules on our website. Anticipated completion of project is end of April <br />2025 <br /> APTA Mobility Conference-April 2025 in Austin, TX <br /> Arrival of (4) battery electric buses-May/June 2025 <br /> Charging infrastructure with HECO will be in progress as the year proceeds <br /> Fare-free ends on December 31, 2025. MTA reaching out to county leadership and <br />riders for feedback on continuing fare-free <br /> Kona hub progress-still in the planning phase with SSFM <br />9. QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION RELATED TO THE MULTI- <br />MODAL PLAN <br />Link to the County of Hawai’i-Transit and Multi-modal Transportation Master Plan: <br />https://heleonmasterplan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Supplement_2022_V10-letter-size.pdf <br />10. ANNOUNCEMENTS <br /> <br /> Future agenda items <br /> Next meeting is scheduled for Monday June 23, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in Hilo <br />11. ADJOURNMENT <br /> <br />NOTE: This meeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need an auxiliary aid/service or <br />other accommodation due to a disability, contact the Mass Transit Agency at 808-961-8744 or email <br />heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater <br />likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats such as <br />large print or electronic copy. <br /> <br />Commissioners may also be present at the meeting facility as listed above on the agenda and/or <br />participating via interactive conference technology from other locations. All commissioners participating <br />remotely must have their cameras on throughout the meeting. <br /> <br />The full text of Transportation Commission agendas are also available on the County of Hawai’i Mass <br />Transit Agency website at https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/boards-and-commissions/boards- <br />and-commissions-listings/transportation-commission to navigate to the current agenda. For copies of the <br />current agenda or questions, please call (808) 961-8744 or email heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov. <br /> <br />County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br /> <br />