STAND. COM. REP. NO. 742

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 565

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 565 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VISION ZERO,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase traffic safety on the State's roads.

 

     Specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Requires the Department of Transportation to implement a Vision Zero Program by July 1, 2020; and

 

     (2)  Establishes a goal to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries from traffic accidents in Hawaii by 2030.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawaii Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaii Planning Department, Blue Zones Project, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Bicycling League, and nine individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that Vision Zero has been successfully adopted by Sweden, Washington State, and many of the country's large cities.  Your Committee further finds that this initiative relies on data-driven strategies and places urgency and accountability on system designers and policymakers.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Codifying the program in chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 565, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 565, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair