STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1501-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.C.R. No. 133

H.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 H.C.R. No. 133 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL SPEED BUMPS, SPEED DETECTION DEVICES, PHOTO RED LIGHT IMAGING DETECTOR SYSTEMS, AND OTHER SAFETY MEASURES IN HOUSE DISTRICT 32,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation to install speed bumps, speed detection devices, photo red light imaging detector systems, and other safety measures in House District 32.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 1,109 people were killed in crashes that involved red light running in 2021. Your Committee further finds that the Photo Red Light Imaging Detector System program established by Act 30, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of crashes and citations in areas where red light cameras operate. Your Committee believes that placing red light cameras, along with other road safety measures, in House District 32 will increase road safety and reduce fatal traffic accidents in that district.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending its title;

(2) Requesting the Department of Transportation to work in partnership with the City and County of Honolulu to install speed bumps, speed detection devices, photo red light imaging detector systems, and other safety measures in House District 32; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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.C.R. No. 133, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 133, H.D. 1.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair