Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 171 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department of Transportation to determine the advisability and feasibility of transferring the responsibility for operating the vanpool programs to the counties.

The Department of Transportation and Vanpool Hawaii both submitted testimony on this concurrent resolution. The Department testified that due to the variations in population density, geography, and travel demands of each county, the vanpool program would be most effective if run by the individual counties.

Vanpool Hawaii testified that the program should remain statewide and funded through the Federal Highway Administration, as there are no state funds currently available to support the vanpool program on each island.

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. 171 and recommends its adoption.