HCC §18-54
Rules for sharing a taxicab with strangers
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says when you can share a taxi with people you don't know. The first passenger must agree. If you share, each person pays a reduced fare, and the taxi must show the rate schedule. It does not apply to county-sponsored shared-ride programs.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Multiple loading
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Multiple loading of passengers is prohibited except in cases where the first passenger engaging the taxicab consents to the multiple loading. (b) Each separate party of individuals or groups of individuals not traveling together who agree to share a taxicab shall pay the normal shortest route fare from point of origin to their destination, except that each fare of $1.20 or more (not including nonmeter charges for baggage, surfboards, or bicycles) shall be reduced by twenty percent. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION § 18-54 (c) A copy of a rate schedule containing the reduced rates for multiple loading shall be posted conspicuously within the taxicab in clear view of passengers. The rate schedule shall be purchased from the commission. (d) This section shall not apply when a taxicab is being operated as a shared-ride taxi under a County-sponsored public transit program.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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