STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1330-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 13

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 13 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO REVIEW ITS POLICIES REGARDING STREET AND ROAD WIDENING, WITH REGARD TO THEIR IMPACT ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the City and County of Honolulu to review its policies regarding street and road widening, particularly in neighborhoods with significant senior populations, with regard to their impact on pedestrian safety.

 

     Hawaii's kupuna often experience challenges traversing our roads and highways and pedestrian fatalities for people over age 65 remains exceptionally high. Widening Honolulu's streets and roads to provide a safer pedestrian environment would help protect not only our kupuna but all our citizens from the high level of pedestrian accidents and deaths.

 

     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. 13 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair