Bill Text: HI SCR212 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requesting The President Of The Senate And Speaker Of The House Of Representatives To Convene A Joint Legislative Task Force To Determine Design Solutions And Safety Features To Enhance Pedestrian Safety On State And County Roads.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-05 - Referred to TRN/LMG, FIN, referral sheet 50 [SCR212 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-SCR212-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

212

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES to convene a joint legislative task force to determine design solutions and safety features to enhance pedestrian safety on state and county roads.

 

 


     WHEREAS, Hawaii topped the nation for increase in pedestrian fatalities; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation reported that pedestrian fatalities in 2018 increased by over five hundred percent and that a total of forty-four pedestrians were killed in crashes statewide; and

 

     WHEREAS, by comparison, thirty-eight people who were occupants of vehicles died statewide in 2018; and

 

     WHEREAS, state and county roads have been redesigned into complete streets, which are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit riders; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii's road system needs to integrate multi-modal forms of transportation; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, the House of Representatives concurring, that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives are requested to convene a joint legislative task force to determine design solutions and safety features to enhance pedestrian safety on state and county roads; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to include the following members;

 

     (1)  Two members appointed by the President of the Senate; and

 

     (2)  Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives are requested to submit a report of the task force's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation and construction practices, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2020; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:  

Pedestrians; Fatalities; Streets; Roads; Construction; Department of Transportation; Task Force

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