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HI SCR66

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/3/2020

Primary Sponsor

Lorraine Inouye

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests the Department of Transportation and counties to conduct a traffic study examining pedestrian crossing countdown timers in neighborhoods with higher than average populations of elderly persons or persons with disabilities.

  • Notes that current countdown timers are designed for mentally and physically agile people and often provide insufficient crossing time for elderly persons and those with disabilities, leaving them stranded in intersections.

  • Requires the Department of Transportation and counties to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation regarding pedestrian crossing countdown timers to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2021 Regular Session convenes.

  • Directs that certified copies be transmitted to the Director of the Department of Transportation and the Mayors of Honolulu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii counties.

Legislative Description

Requesting The Counties And The Department Of Transportation To Conduct A Traffic Study And Make Recommendations Regarding Pedestrian Crossing Countdown Timers In Neighborhoods With A Higher Population Density Of Elderly Or Persons With Disabilities.

Requesting the Department of Transportation and the counties to conduct a traffic study which examines pedestrian crossing count

Last Action

Referred to TRS/PSM.

3/5/2020

Committee Referrals

Transportation3/5/2020

Full Bill Text

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