STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1910-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.C.R. No. 25

S.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 25, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO EXPAND THE RED-LIGHT SAFETY PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage the Department of Transportation and Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to expand the red-light safety program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Disability and Communication Access Board; Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21; Kapalama Neighborhood Security Watch; and two individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that red-light running is one of the most significant causes of traffic fatalities and injuries at signalized intersections. Your Committee further finds that Act 30, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, authorized the implantation of automated enforcement at certain intersections in urban Honolulu, and that as of February 2023, there have been nine hundred forty-six citations at the five intersections in urban Honolulu currently issuing citations. Your Committee believes that expanding automated enforcement of red-light running may reduce traffic fatalities and injuries across the State.

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 S.C.R. No. 25, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair