Rules for riding the bus and using park and ride lots

A. The following activities or conduct shall be prohibited on the County bus system and the park and ride facilities: 1. No person shall be present at or in any County bus stop, transit facilities, or transit facility amenities between the hours of 12:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m., unless otherwise authorized by the director. 2. No person shall consume any form of food or beverage, including alcohol, or carry or possess any food or beverage in a container other than a container that is tightly closed, covered, or packaged so as to minimize the possibility of accidental spillage when the container is shaken or dropped; provided that this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the carrying or possession of groceries in a suitable bag or other container. 3. No person shall use or play any electronic device, musical instrument, or other sound-producing or sound-emitting device, unless the device is connected to a headphone or earphone that limits the sound produced or emitted to the individual user. This paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the driver of the bus or vehicle from using or playing such devices for official business or to prohibit passengers from using telephones, cell phones, other electronic media, or pagers for communication purposes, provided said devices are placed on silent or vibrate modes. 4. No person shall carry or possess any live animals, except a service animal properly harnessed and accompanied by a person with a disability, small animals properly kept in an enclosed container; provided that this paragraph shall not be construed as prohibiting a police officer from carrying or possessing an animal used for law enforcement purposes. 5. No person shall discard, dispose of, place, throw, or drop any litter, as defined in section 339-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, in the bus, or at County bus stops, transit facilities, and transit facility amenities, except into receptacles designated for that purpose. 6. No person shall fail or refuse to vacate seats designated as priority seating for elderly or disabled passengers or the fold-down or other movable seat area designated for wheelchair securement, when requested to do so by the driver, any other agent of the transit system, or a police officer. 7. No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to pay the applicable fare for transportation on the bus or vehicle, in cash or through the use of properly issued tokens, coupons, or approved cards in the required manner. 8. No person shall present a pass, transfer, badge, or other fare medium for transportation on the County bus system when the person presenting such fare medium knows it has not been provided, authorized or sold by or for the transit system, or knows or should reasonably know, that the pass, transfer, badge, or other fare medium is not valid for the place, time, and manner in which it is presented, or knows or should reasonably know, that the presentation of the pass, transfer, badge, or other fare medium violates a restriction on the transfer or use of such fare medium imposed by County ordinances or rules. 9. No person shall carry, possess, ignite, or release any flammable, combustible, explosive, corrosive, or highly toxic liquid or other substance, article, or material that may cause harm to others or emit any foul or noxious dust, mist, fume, gas, vapor, or odor; provided that this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit a person from carrying or possessing any unlighted match or lighter, or any cigar, cigarette, or pipe that is not lighted or smoldering. 10. No person shall spit, expectorate, urinate, or defecate in, on, upon, or from the bus, or County bus stop, transit facilities, or transit facility amenities; provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any person who cannot comply with this paragraph as a result of disability, age, or medical condition as determined by the director. 11. No person shall obstruct, impede, hinder, interfere with, or otherwise disrupt the safe and efficient operation of the bus or vehicle or any driver or other agent of the transit system in performance of that individual's official duties. 12. No person shall board the bus through the rear exit door, unless specifically directed to do so by the driver, any other agent of the transit system, or a police officer. 13. No person shall throw or place hot burning substances or objects such as lighted cigars, cigarettes, or the contents of a burning pipe in, upon, or in close proximity to any object or structure in a County transit bus, ADA paratransit service vehicle, transit facility, or transit facility amenity that may be combustible or damaged by heat, fire, or explosion. 14. No person shall refuse or fail to immediately cease and desist from doing any of the activities described in this subsection after being specifically requested to cease and desist by the driver, any agent of the transit system, or any police officer. 15. No person shall refuse or fail to immediately exit a bus after being specifically requested to do so by the driver, any agent of the transit system, or any police officer. 16. No person shall smoke, in any bus, or within designated non-smoking areas at any County bus stop, transit facilities, or transit facility amenities. 17. No person shall erect, install, or place any structure, fixture, tarp, towel, blanket, sleeping bag, bedding, chair, tent, cardboard, ply board, shopping cart, or any other object or material at any County bus stop, transit facilities, and transit facility amenities. 18. No person shall abandon any vehicle at any County bus stop, transit facilities, and transit facility amenities. Abandoned vehicles will be towed at owner's expense. 19. No person shall sit, lie, sleep, or occupy any County bus stop, transit facilities, and transit facility amenities in a manner that inhibits its full and appropriate use by the public. 20. No person shall injure, deface, destroy, loosen, remove, or tamper with any County bus stops, transit facilities, and transit facility amenities. 21. No person shall affix signs, advertisements, and/or distribute circulars, handbills, or written material on, or within County bus stops, transit facilities, and transit facility amenities, unless approved by the director. 22. No person shall engage in any commercial activity within a bus, any County bus stop, transit facilities, and transit facility amenities unless approved by the director. 23. No person shall abandon, store, or leave personal property unattended in any bus or at any County bus stop, transit facilities, or transit facility amenities. Abandoned personal property shall be disposed of by the department. B. The driver of any bus, any agent of the transit system, or any police officer may refuse to allow any person to board the bus: 1. When the person appears to be under the influence of liquor or drugs. 2. When the person is engaged in, or appears to be engaged in, activities that, if such activities occurred in the bus, would violate subsection A or any other law or ordinance. C. The driver of any bus or any agent of the County transit system may refuse to transport any person who has already boarded the bus. The driver, agent, or any police officer may cause such person to be ejected from the bus. It shall be a violation of this section for a person to board a bus after being requested not to do so by the driver, another agent of the transit system, or police officer for the reasons specified in this section, or for a person to refuse or fail to immediately exit a bus when so requested by the driver, another agent of the County transit system, or police officer for any of the reasons specified in this section. ( Ord. No. 4940 , § 6, 2018; Ord. No. 3628, § 1, 2009)