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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                                
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING BICYCLING AND WALKING AS VIABLE
   CHOICES FOR TRANSPORTATION, RECREATION, AND HEALTH
   MAINTENANCE.



 1       WHEREAS, nationally-recognized medical and health
 2   authorities recommend that Americans need to pay more attention
 3   to diet and exercise to improve their health and combat a
 4   current epidemic of obesity and its related illnesses; and
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 6       WHEREAS, it is well-known to the scientific and planning
 7   communities that excessive motor vehicle travel pollutes the
 8   environment, uses up valuable urban space, and inhibits non-
 9   motor vehicle transit because of public fears of excessive,
10   dangerous traffic; and
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12       WHEREAS, the American Medical Association and the Center
13   for Disease Control continue to warn us of a childhood epidemic
14   of obesity and encourage children to get more exercise; and
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16       WHEREAS, our transportation system, in order to
17   satisfactorily serve all members of the public should be as
18   diverse as possible and should encourage bicycling, walking,
19   mass transit, and safe motor vehicle use; and
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21       WHEREAS, it is well-known that bicycling promotes efficient
22   travel, green space, is pollution-free, and provides excellent
23   cardiovascular exercise; now, therefore,
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25       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
26   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
27   of 2000, that this body encourages all state agencies including
28   the Departments of Health, Transportation, and Education in all
29   ways possible to support bicycling and walking as viable
30   choices of individual transportation, recreation, and health
31   maintenance; and
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33       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these agencies promote programs
34   that will ensure that state roadways are "bicycling and
35   walking" friendly by adhering to nationally-recognized
36   standards for pedestrian and bicycling friendly designs; and 

 
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 1       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
 2   Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Directors of the
 3   Departments of Health, Transportation, Education and the Chiefs
 4   of Police of all the counties.
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