ROH §15-15.3
Where buses can stop and park on streets
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This rule says buses can only stop at official bus stops in business areas, and only for loading or unloading passengers, for no more than three minutes. The police chief can allow parking elsewhere during big events. Charter or tour buses need a special decal to use bus stops.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Buses not permitted to stand or park except in officially designated bus stops
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) The driver of a bus shall not stop, stand, or park such bus upon any street at any place within any business district other than at an officially designated bus stop, nor for any purpose or period of time other than when actually engaged in the discharge of passengers or the pickup of passengers then in readiness at the curb. The stopping, standing, or parking of such bus shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.
(b) The chief of police may permit and direct the parking of buses at places other than officially designated bus stops when large assemblages of people create an unusually heavy demand for mass transportation facilities.
(c) No person shall stop, stand, or park a bus used for charter or tour service in any officially designated bus stop, unless such bus displays on the right front bumper a valid decal issued by the licensing division of the department of budget and fiscal services pursuant to § 15-15.5 .
(d) The locations of designated official bus stops are described in Schedule XXV attached to the ordinance codified in this section and made a part hereof.* The designations shall be made by the department of transportation services.
(e) Nothing in this section shall permit the parking of any bus, other than a city transit bus, in an officially designated bus stop in the Waikiki district, as defined in § 21-9.80 -2 of the land use ordinance.
) Editor’s note:
* See listing of schedules at the end of this chapter.
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