Report Title:
Transportation; Bikeways
Description:
Earmarks a percentage of federally allocated moneys from the state highway fund for bikeways. Requires DOT to involve the bicycling community in the planning of bikeways. (SD1)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2075 |
TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
S.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that bicycling is growing in importance as a mode of transportation. Bicycling has many benefits, including:
(1) Improved mobility, especially for those who cannot or choose not to drive;
(2) Lower road maintenance costs;
(3) Less traffic congestion;
(4) Less road widening and fewer parking lots;
(5) Improved air quality; and
(6) Improved health and reduced health costs.
With rising gasoline prices, many people are looking for an alternative method of transportation. It is far less expensive to operate a bicycle than to operate an automobile.
The purpose of this Act is to ensure the implementation of a safe, continuous, and coordinated system of bikeways by earmarking a percentage of the state highway fund for bikeways.
SECTION 2. Section 264-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Out of the state highway fund [reasonable amounts], at least two per cent of federally allocated moneys shall be expended as necessary by the State for the establishment of bikeways. Bikeways shall be established, whenever practicable, wherever a highway, road, or street is being constructed, reconstructed, relocated, or rehabilitated[.]; provided that the department of transportation shall include the bicycling community in a public involvement process to determine when and where a bikeway should be established."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.