The Kauai Bus is the public transportation service of Kauaûi County, Hawaiûi. They operate nine regular local bus routes.
The forerunner of the Kauai Bus was a fleet of ten buses managed by the County of Kauai's Office of Elderly Affairs to serve the senior population. In 1990, the first four fixed routes were started between Kapaa and Lëhue, and was expanded island-wide in 1992 with Hurricane Iniki recovery funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Kauai Bus has a central administration, operations, and maintenance facility at 3220 Hoolako Street in Lëhue.
The Kauai Bus operates fixed routes; five of those run six days a week. (They do not run on Sundays, until further notice. This is Because of Staffing Shortages). Three of the routes make up the Mainline service, which runs along the perimeter of the island from Kekaha to Hanalei. Two of the Mainline routes (KekahaâÂÂLëhue, primarily aligned with Route 50 and HanaleiâÂÂLëhue, primarily aligned with Route 56) connect in Lëhue, and the third (Wailua) duplicates HanaleiâÂÂLëhue service between Wailua and Lëhue, with additional service along Kuamoo Road within Wailua. The Wailua Mainline is not operated on weekends. The other three routes are Shuttle services, which provide local service within their respective communities (KalÃÂheo/Kà Âloa/Poipà «, Kapaa/Kapahi, and Lëhue).
The mid-day Lëhue Lunch Shuttle (Routes 01âÂÂ12) was discontinued as of April 11, 2016,
The 2018 Short Range Transit Plan proposed splitting the Lëhue Shuttle (Route 70) into two separate routes connecting in downtown Lëhue. The revised Lëhue Shuttle would operate between Lihue Airport and HanamÃÂulu, and the Puhi Shuttle would operate between Kauaûi Community College and downtown Lëhue. Routes 100E and 150 were discontinued as of October 21, 2018, and the 200E express was discontinued as of January 13, 2019. The October 2018 changes also extended Route 100/200 service (Kekaha â Lëhue Mainline) to Lëhue Airport and Courthouse, removing those stops from Route 70 (Lëhue Shuttle).