Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced today that he will end TheBoat demonstration project after June, but did not rule out a return to service.

TheBoat is a passenger ferry service operated by the city that runs between Kalaeloa Harbor and Aloha Tower during peak workday traffic periods.
TheBoat has carried about 110,000 passengers since its inception on September 2007, averaging about 270 riders per day. Despite an early vessel reliability problem, TheBoat has enjoyed a 95-percent on-time and in-service performance.
The city said that while passenger surveys were positive, ridership on TheBoat remained around 30 percent of capacity.
“The City has gained invaluable hands-on experience with ferry operations for the next go-around,” Hannemann said in a statement. “We linked TheBoat and TheBus to demonstrate the effectiveness of a multimodal transportation system and offered a welcome commuting alternative for West Oahu residents tired of spending hours in rush-hour traffic.”