Bill Text: HI SB2441 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Referred to TRE, WAM. [SB2441 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2441-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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. Chapter 264, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§264- Traffic reduction plan. (a)
The department of transportation, working with all other appropriate
state and county agencies, shall develop a traffic reduction plan designed to
reduce traffic congestion across the State by 2025.
(b) The plan shall include, but not be limited to,
recommendations for the following:
(1) Incentives
intended to increase the use of electric and hybrid electric vehicles;
commercial ride-sharing services; and carpooling;
(2) Incentives that
encourage individual drivers to reduce the total number of miles driven per
year;
(3) Incentives for
employers who offer ride-sharing, ride-sharing memberships, or other
transportation options to employees that reduce the overall number of yearly
commute trips of their employees;
(4) Specific
targets for the reduction of yearly commute trips made by state employees;
(5) Rules designed
to expand access to high occupancy vehicle lanes, as defined under section
291C-221, to electric and hybrid electric vehicles;
(6) Programs to incentivize ridership on a
local mass transit project; and
(7) All other
viable traffic reduction strategies as determined by the department.
(c) The department shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Traffic Reduction Plan; Department of Transportation
Description:
Requires the Department of Transportation to develop a traffic reduction plan to reduce traffic congestion across the State by 2025.
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