Bill Text: HI HB1445 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Highways; Shared Lane Markings

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1445 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1445-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  531

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1445

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1445 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase bicycle safety by requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to incorporate shared lane markings as a new traffic control device.

 

     Two individuals testified in support of this bill.  DOT opposed this measure.

 

     As the use of bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation increases, Hawaii's roadways should be made safer for bicyclists.  Reducing the number and severity of bicycle crashes with vehicles is possible through the use of "shared lane markings" which are pavement markings set in a roadway that indicate the legal and appropriate bicyclist line of travel.  These markings also alert motorists to pass with sufficient clearance and be cognizant of possible bicycle activity in an area.

 

     Although your Committee understands the concerns raised by DOT regarding the circumvention of the Federal Highway Administration's established process to incorporate new traffic control devices and applications in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the importance of increasing highway safety for bicyclists deserves further consideration.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1445 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair