STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1729

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 254

 

 

 

 

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.C.R. No. 254 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE GREENBELTS STRATEGY TO PROMOTE IDENTIFICATION OR DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THAT ARE BASED ON THE REDUCTION OF AUTOMOBILE USE OR ALTERNATIVES TO THE AUTOMOBILE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to reduce the State's dependency on personal automobiles and imported oil by requesting the Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction with the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), to develop a statewide greenbelts strategy to promote the identification or development of transportation management systems that are based on the reduction of automobile use or alternatives to the automobile.

 

     DOT and DLNR offered comments on this concurrent resolution.

 

     Your Committee recognizes that current land planning fosters dependency on personal automobiles by placing residences far from jobs and businesses and, as a result, causes traffic congestion, pollution, and urban sprawl, which spoil Hawaii's natural beauty.  Your Committee notes however, that greenbelts benefit urban, suburban, and rural habitats by promoting non-motorized modes of transportation and create an integrated ground transportation and recreational system.

 

     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 H.C.R. No. 254 and recommends that it be referred to the Committees on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair