STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1809

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.R. No. 134

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.R. No. 134 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO ESTABLISH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Department of Transportation to conduct a study to establish safe routes to school.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that transforming Hawaii's transportation systems and infrastructure to prioritize walking, rolling, bicycling, and public transit use is part of the State's commitments to public health, safety, economic vitality, and environmental sustainability. Barriers include a lack of complete, safe, and comfortable bike and pedestrian networks, complicated funding mechanisms for safe routes to school programs, and a lack of a state safe routes to school plan. Your Committee therefore finds that this measure will help facilitate establishing a safe routes to school program to provide students with a safe means of biking or walking to school.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 134 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair