Bill Text: HI SB173 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Vision Zero.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB173 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB173-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Vision Zero.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature additionally finds that the Vision Zero idea originated in Sweden, which adopted Vision Zero as a national policy in 1997, and that in 2000, the State of Washington became the first in the United States to adopt the program and to set an aggressive goal of zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Washington reported that it averaged twenty-two fewer traffic fatalities and eighty fewer serious injuries each year from 2002 to 2011. The legislature also finds that many of the country's large cities, including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., and certain states, including Maryland, North Carolina, and North Dakota, have adopted Vision Zero or similar programs. The Federal Highway Administration is also committed to eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries, adopting a policy called "toward zero deaths".
The purpose of this Act is to require the department of transportation and the county transportation departments to implement a Vision Zero program.
SECTION 2. Section 286-7.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§286-7.5[]] Vision Zero. (a)
The department of transportation and the county transportation
departments shall [adopt] implement a
Vision Zero [policy that seeks to prevent and ultimately] program by
July 1, 2024.
(b) The goal of the Vision Zero program shall be to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Hawaii by 2045 through a combination of engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency response strategies that focus on equity.
(c) The department of transportation, in
conjunction with the counties, shall take the necessary steps to implement the
program.
(d) The director of transportation may adopt
rules pursuant to chapter 91 for the purposes of this section.
(e) No later than forty days prior to the convening of each regular session, the department of transportation shall submit a report to the legislature, including any proposed legislation, on the progress made toward the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries."
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.
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Report Title:
Department of Transportation; Vision Zero
Description:
Requires the Department of Transportation and the counties to implement a Vision Zero program in Hawaii by 7/1/2024. Establishes a goal of no traffic fatalities or serious injuries by 2045.
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
