Its official name is the Route C Country Express!, the bus that shuttles riders down the Waiʻanae Coast every morning. But that’s a misnomer right down to the exclamation point, unless you think an hour and half bus ride is “express.”
City officials had planned to make improvements to the often punishing commute from the Westside — with potential designated bus lanes and bus stations in the middle of the road — but federal funding for the project evaporated this week as part of the Trump administration’s latest cuts.
Waiʻanae commuter Chris Gropp said his 45-minute bus ride to his job in Kapolei is twice as long as the drive…