THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	138
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the hawaii climate change mitigation and adaption commission to develop vehicle miles traveled reduction strategies and make related recommendations.

WHEREAS, decreasing transportation-related emissions is essential to achieving the State's greenhouse gas reduction goals; and

WHEREAS, the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission found that vehicle miles traveled is an important measurement to track the State's efforts on greenhouse gas reduction; and

WHEREAS, current strategies to mitigate vehicle miles traveled in the State are ineffective; and

WHEREAS, vehicle miles traveled have increased almost forty percent over the last twenty-five years and, without intervention, are projected to continue to increase; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission is requested to:

(1) Develop vehicle miles traveled strategies;

(2) Recommend a statewide vehicle miles traveled reduction target;

(3) Recommend benchmarks for, and evaluate progress toward, the vehicle miles traveled reduction target; and

(4) Identify state and county agencies to collaborate and coordinate on the implementation of vehicle miles traveled reduction policies, strategies, and programs; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than forty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Co-Chairpersons of the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission; Vehicle Miles Traveled