STAND. COM. REP. NO.367

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1641

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1641 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a traffic study to determine which bus stops along Kamehameha Highway between Kaneohe and Kawela should have crosswalks installed nearby, and to appropriate funds to install the crosswalks.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the DOT and fourteen residents along the Kamehameha Highway.

Your Committee is concerned about pedestrian safety, which is the subject of several measures supported by your Committee this session. Your Committee believes that the State must take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of pedestrians in our State, especially along points of the roadway where pedestrians are certain to be, such as near bus stops.

Therefore, your Committee supports this measure and urges the DOT to undertake similar studies throughout the State wherever pedestrians may be at risk.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1641 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair