STAND. COM. REP. NO. 965

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 562

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 562, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CROSSWALKS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the installation of a marked crosswalk at a newly constructed, reconstructed, resurfaced, or renovated intersection of two arterial streets.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committees find that these intersections represent major hubs in our transportation network and pedestrians need to be accommodated.  The installation of marked crosswalks will define pedestrian routes and enhance the safety for all roadway users.

     Your Committees believe that the City and County of Honolulu should review its existing policy on crosswalks and consider whether changes are necessary since many intersections lack a marked crosswalk.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding language to require the addition of adequate lighting when installing a marked crosswalk at a newly constructed, reconstructed, resurfaced, or renovated intersection of two arterial streets; and

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 562, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 562, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

________________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair