STAND. COM. REP. NO.  239

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 893

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 893 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to decrease traffic congestion by allowing for the operation of larger articulated buses used for public transportation.

 

     The Hawaii Transportation Association testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee finds that the operation of larger articulated buses will help to increase available seats within a public transportation system and may help to increase ridership as well.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 893 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair