“... frankly we’ve gotten used to more stops than are probably necessary,” said Rick Egged, president of the Waikiki Improvement Association and an oversight committee member. “I mean given right now you figure that most people don’t have to walk more than two blocks, and if you had to walk three or four, it wouldn’t really be a big problem.”

I'll bet he's not a bus rider. Under the rubric of "increasing efficiency" The Bus has been cutting stops, removing benches and shelters, and increasing waiting times, resulting in poorer service and, I'm certain, decreased ridership. 

The #4 example shows how the City's Transportation Department is more interested in what the system looks like on paper than in providing excellent service. The #4 used to run from Nuuanu through Makiki and Waikiki to the Zoo.

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