STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3832

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 122

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.R. No. 122 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ESTABLISH A ZERO EMISSIONS GROUND TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Department of Transportation establish a zero emissions ground transportation working group.

Prior to decision making on this measure, your Committee made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1 of this measure. The proposed S.D. 1 urges the City and County of Honolulu to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Lanikai Bikeway and recognize the efforts of Ted Rodgers and Cynthia Thielen who led the efforts to establish it.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the Proposed S.D. 1 from the Lanikai Association and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Lanikai Bikeway was created in response to a near-fatal incident when the tire of a student's bicycle hit a rock which caused her to fall into the roadway, nearly being hit by an oncoming vehicle. At the time, two-way vehicle traffic along Lanikai's narrow roadways left inadequate space for the growing number of bikers in the area. Cynthia Thielen led a group of concerned parents to propose a dedicated bikeway and new traffic configurations in Lanikai. With the support of the Lanikai Association's President, Ted Rodgers, and two-hundred and sixty-two petition signers, plans to build the Lanikai Bikeway were approved. The purpose of this measure is to request the honoring of Cynthia Thielen and Ted Rodgers on the fiftieth anniversary of the Lanikai Bikeway.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the Proposed S.D. 1 and further amending this measure by:

(1) Amending its title accordingly; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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 S.R. No. 122, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 122, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair