STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1752

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 156

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Human Services and Public Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 156 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AND VANPOOL HAWAII TO WORK COOPERATIVELY TO CREATE A SENIOR VAN POOL PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation, the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, and Vanpool Hawaii to work cooperatively to establish a senior vanpool program.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and three individuals.

     Senior citizens are most in need of ordinary daily transportation.  Many senior citizens cannot drive safely and therefore do not drive themselves.  Currently, public transportation is limited to the public bus or the handi‑van service.  It is this gap group of the population who would benefit from a senior vanpool arrangement with volunteer drivers.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Human Services and Public Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 156 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Human Services and Public Housing,

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair