STAND. COM. REP. NO. 25
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 711
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 711 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the length of an articulated bus for public transit purposes must not exceed eighty-two feet in length, and shall not consist of more than three units.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Maui Department of Transportation, Hawai‘i Hotel & Lodging Association, Hawai‘i Transportation Association, and SODERHOLM. Testimony in opposition was received from the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services.
Your Committee finds that this measure is enabling legislation to allow the operation of the larger buses, known as articulated buses, to be operated by any county in the State for public transit. Your Committee, however, cautions the counties to exercise sound judgment in operating these buses. Testimony indicated that articulated buses may not be suitable in all locales due to street width and the width of sidewalks and curbs at intersections.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 711, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 711, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,
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____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
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