by Eduardo Hernandez | Oct 30, 2024 | Advocacy
Apply to Join the Hawaiʻi Youth Transportation Council! The Youth Council will serve as a working, leadership group advising HDOT on our climate mitigation and adaptation commitments and programs. Youth Council members will advise on everything from increasing public...
by Eduardo Hernandez | Oct 3, 2024 | Advocacy
Photo by Jamm Aquino/jaquino@staradvertiser.com In the past month, there have been growing calls for better e-bike education, awareness and regulation. The Honolulu Star Advertiser published an editorial on September 16th highlighting the growing use of e-bikes and...
by Eduardo Hernandez | Aug 30, 2024 | Advocacy
A trial has been scheduled in the negligent homicide case after a double-fatality crash killed Naomi Meyer and James Rowland as they were crossing Fort Weaver Road inside a marked crosswalk in March, 20225. HBL has been following this case since it occurred on...
by Eduardo Hernandez | Aug 29, 2024 | Advocacy
On August 29, 2024, Council Members Tyler Dos Santos-Tam and Augie Tulba introduced model e-bike legislation. It will provide needed clarity and classification for low-speed electric bicycles. Bill 52 passed first reading by the full Council on Wednesday, September 4,...
by Eduardo Hernandez | Aug 29, 2024 | Advocacy, Community
UPDATE: Kauaʻi Wins! National Recognition awarded Ke Ala Hele Makālae Celebration planned 10/19 @ lydgate beach park on kauaʻi UPDATE 8/29/24: HBL is delighted to report that Ke Ala Hele Makālae received the most votes in the 2024 Rails to Trails Conservancy contest...
by Eduardo Hernandez | Aug 21, 2024 | Advocacy
UPDATE – Bill 44 scheduled to be heard by the Honolulu Council Transportation Committee on September 24, 2024. August 21, 2024 Introduced by Council Vice Chair Esther Kia‘aina and Council member Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Bill 44, if passed in its current form, could...
