  {"id":38245,"date":"2015-09-14T09:11:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T19:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=38245"},"modified":"2021-07-28T14:52:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T00:52:43","slug":"uh-manoa-rainbow-shuttle-expands-routes-to-makiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/14\/uh-manoa-rainbow-shuttle-expands-routes-to-makiki\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Rainbow Shuttle expands routes to Makiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/manoa-rainbow-shuttle.jpg\" alt=\"Manoa rainbow shuttle\" width=\"620\" height=\"245\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/manoa-rainbow-shuttle.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/manoa-rainbow-shuttle-260x103.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Rainbow Shuttle, a transportation service for <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> students, staff and visitors commuting within three miles of campus, recently expanded its routes to include the neighborhood of Makiki.<\/p>\n<p>The new route that opened August 24 makes multiple stops between Varney Circle and Wilder Avenue, including Punahou School, Makiki Park and the Makiki Shopping Village. The Makiki Shuttle has attracted more than 300 riders within its first week, and is the eighth daytime route for the Rainbow Shuttle System.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;re happy to provide this expanded service for our <abbr>UH<\/abbr> commuters, and to promote more sustainable modes of transportation for Honolulu,&rdquo; said <strong>Cathleen Matsushima<\/strong>, operations manager for <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/commuter\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Commuter and Fleet Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each Rainbow Shuttle seats 28 passengers at a time and offers air-conditioning, <abbr>ADA<\/abbr> access and bike racks for commuters. Shuttles circle campus every half-hour during fall and spring academic terms, and select routes are in service during evening hours and summer sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Rainbow Shuttles provide transportation to and from the neighborhoods of M&#257;noa, Kaimuk&#299;, and <span aria-label=\"Moiliili\">M&#333;&#699;ili&#699;ili<\/span>, as well as University Housing and academic buildings. Routes may be tracked in real-time with the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Shuttle App, available for download on Apple and Android devices and at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.UHMShuttle.com\">www.UHMShuttle.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spring 2015 ridership survey showed that the Rainbow Shuttle System picks up approximately 175,000 passengers per semester.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Rainbow Shuttle System, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\/commuter\">the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Commuter and Fleet Services website<\/a>. Send questions or comments about the Rainbow Shuttle to <a href=\"mailto:parking@hawaii.edu\">parking@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Rainbow Shuttle expanded its routes to include the neighborhood of Makiki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1139,9],"class_list":["post-38245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-commuter-services","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38245"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145680,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38245\/revisions\/145680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}