Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2358 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a study that:

DOT testified in support of the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that traffic calming measures, such as trees, roundabouts, landscaping, and illuminated pedestrian crossings can be of benefit to driver and pedestrian safety in neighborhoods with heavy traffic congestion. However, your Committee understands concerns raised by DOT as to the jurisdiction of neighborhood roads on Oahu.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by limiting the study to roads under the jurisdiction of the State of Hawaii in neighborhoods on Oahu.

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 H.B. No. 2358, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2358, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.