STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1807

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 171

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation, to which was referred S.R. No. 171 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONVENE A JOINT LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE DESIGN SOLUTIONS AND SAFETY FEATURES TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON STATE AND COUNTY ROADS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives convene a joint legislative task force to determine design solutions and safety features to enhance pedestrian safety on state and county roads.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Disability and Communication Access Board.

Your Committees find that pedestrian fatalities in 2018 increased by over five hundred percent and that a total of forty-four pedestrians were killed in crashes statewide. Your Committees further find that Hawaii's road system should better integrate multi-modal forms of transportation and consider all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, those with disabilities, and transit riders. This measure therefore requests that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives convene a joint legislative task force to determine design solutions and safety features to enhance pedestrian safety on state and county roads.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 171 and recommend its adoption.

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

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair