STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1160

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1216
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1216 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BICYCLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide additional safety for
bicyclists.

     Your Committee finds that bicyclists are now instructed to
ride as near to the right-hand curb, or on the shoulder of the
roadway as practicable.  Your Committee further finds that these
options may be hazardous in some areas.

    This bill proposes to offer the additional options of riding
on the edge of roadways, or on the shoulder off of the roadway as
practicable.   Your Committee believes that the additional 
options will provide greater safety for bicycle riders.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Department of Transportation, and the Hawai'i Bicycling League.   

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1216 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.


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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair