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THE SENATE                           S.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                    SENATE  RESOLUTION
  REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A
    FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
    SAFE BIKEPATHS.


 1        WHEREAS, bicycle paths are facilities set aside for the
 2   preferential or exclusive use of bicycles and are physically
 3   separated from a highway; and
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 5        WHEREAS, the department of transportation, when requested,
 6   provides technical assistance and advice to counties in
 7   recommending construction standards for bikepaths; and
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 9        WHEREAS, there is a critical shortage of safe bikepaths
10   for use by the many bicyclists in Hawaii; and 
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12        WHEREAS, there is a need for additional safe bikepaths to
13   be identified and constructed; now, therefore,
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15        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twentieth Legislature
16   of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2000, that the
17   Department of Transportation is requested to conduct a
18   statewide study of bicycle use in Hawaii for the purpose of
19   assessing the adequacy of bikepaths and determining the
20   feasibility of providing additional safe bikepaths in various
21   areas throughout the State; and
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23        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of
24   Transportation submit its findings and recommendations to the
25   Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of
26   the Regular Session of 2001; and
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28        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this
29   Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation. 
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