Bill Text: HI SB948 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Sidewalks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-29 - Referred to TRS/PSM, JDC. [SB948 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB948-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to sidewalks.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that useful sidewalk networks are integral components of streets and roadways in Hawaii's communities, where pedestrians need safety, comfort, accessibility, and efficient mobility. Sidewalk networks increase pedestrian safety by separating pedestrians from vehicle traffic vertically, such as raised curbs, and horizontally, if space is available. Sidewalks also produce positive public-health outcomes by encouraging walking, making communities more accessible, and contributing to more sustainable communities by decreasing dependence on motor vehicles. The department of health 2020-2030 Draft Healthy Hawaii Strategic Plan sets a goal to increase the total miles of safe pedestrian infrastructure by fifty miles.
The legislature further finds that there is significant disparity in the installation, maintenance, and improvement of sidewalk networks even within the same county. There is also little to no transparent information around the installation, repair, and maintenance of sidewalk networks available to ordinary citizens.
The purpose of this Act is to improve equitable access to safe sidewalk networks by requiring the department of transportation and each county's transportation department to:
(1) Create and maintain a priority list of sidewalk installation and improvement projects; and
(2) Publish the priority list on their respective websites.
SECTION 2. Chapter 264, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§264- Sidewalk project priority lists. (a) The
department of transportation and each county's transportation department shall
create and maintain a priority list of sidewalk installation and improvement
projects. The priority lists shall be
updated no less than once per year.
(b) Each priority list required by subsection (a)
shall include information about the type, cost, and location of the projects on
the priority list.
(c) In establishing a priority list required by subsection
(a), the department of transportation and each county's transportation
department shall evaluate a project's:
(1) Cost;
(2) Impact on
pedestrian safety;
(3) Importance to a
larger pedestrian network;
(4) Importance for
providing first- and last-mile connectivity to transit; and
(5) Potential to
reduce disparities in health, safety, and mobility, based on geography and
other social determinants, including age, gender, race, socioeconomic status,
and ability,
via a formal prioritization model.
(d) Each priority list required by subsection (a)
shall be published on the respective website of the department of transportation
or county transportation department. Each
priority list shall be accompanied by information on what percentage of the respective
department's capital improvement budget has been allocated to sidewalks and
improving pedestrian accessibility during that reporting period."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2021.
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Report Title:
Sidewalks; Priority List; Department of Transportation; Counties
Description:
Requires the department of transportation and each county's transportation department to create and maintain a priority list of sidewalk installation and improvement projects and to publish the priority list on their respective websites.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
