CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 109

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1402

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1402, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Transportation to create motor vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian highway and pathway networks throughout each island.

Your Committee on Conference finds that Hawaii's ground transportation system has historically been built as a car-centric system with little attention given to alternative forms of transportation. This has raised the cost of living, impacted quality of life, and resulted in some of the highest transportation-related fatality rates in the nation, especially in some of the lower-income communities in the State. Simply adding lanes to reduce traffic does not address Hawaii's most pressing concerns regarding traffic, safety, and health. The establishment of separate motor vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian highway and pathway networks throughout the State is an effective way to decrease the public's reliance on personal motor vehicles, reduce the cost of transportation, and improve public health. Accordingly, this measure will modernize Hawaii's ground transportation infrastructure by providing additional metrics, considerations, and assistance to the Department of Transportation in order to reduce transportation costs, minimize traffic injuries and fatalities, improve public health and quality of life, and address greenhouse gas emissions.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2021.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1402, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1402, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO Co-Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE Chair
____________________________ GREGGOR ILAGAN Co-Chair	____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Co-Chair