HI SCR81

Requests all public elementary, intermediate, and middle schools in Hawaii to participate in the Safe Routes to School Program established under Hawaii Revised Statutes section 291C-3.

Safe Routes to School is a federally-funded program created by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration in 2005 and administered in Hawaii by the state Department of Transportation.

Eligible activities include planning, design, and construction of sidewalk improvements, traffic calming measures, pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements, on-street and off-street bicycle facilities, and secure bike parking within approximately two miles of schools.

Program aims to increase student walking and bicycling to school, improve child safety, increase physical activity, and maximize use of available federal Transportation Alternatives Program funding.

Directs transmission of copies of the resolution to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Director of Transportation.