TheBoat made its last run yesterday.

“I’m a little sad that it’s going away, because the people on the west side need alternatives,” said TheBoat project manager Darin Mar.

About 200 people crowded the dock at Aloha Tower Marketplace yesterday afternoon hoping to catch one last ride to Kalaeloa. Makakilo resident Hannah Lima is one of many regular commuters upset to see the end of the ferry service. She rode TheBoat five days a week to work since It’s start on Sept. 17, 2007. Before that, Lima drove to work.

“It’s upsetting,” said Lima. “I have to go back on the road, and there’s a lot of traffic to deal with. For many of us, it was a means to get to work and come home from work without the traffic.”

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Source: Darin Moriki, Honolulu Star-Bulletin