Zach's Ride for Safe Streets
*Registered Riders will get a detailed map and additional information about ride route. REGISTER today so you are on the email list and be prepared to ride.
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Time: Participants will gather starting at 9:45AM. At 10AM we’ll have a short speech and then riders will roll out.
Start/End: Kaka‘ako Makai Gateway Park located on Ilalo St. + Cooke St. (grassy area mauka of the Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park parking lot).
Riders: All ages, all experience levels and all bicycles that can be pedaled & operated safely are welcome.
Format: “Group Ride” We all ride together on HBL’s 2025 event route (open road and protected lanes). We will be stopping at the Hawai‘i State Capitol for sign waving and speeches (around 11AM -12:30PM) before we ride back to Kaka‘ako.
Course: Flat, 3.5 miles, counter-clockwise route from Kaka’ako to the Hawai‘i State Capital and return to Kaka‘ako.
Registration: No cost for riders but you must REGISTER.
Post Ride: Potluck lunch and fellowship.
Not riding? You are welcome to come down and join us at the State Capitol for sign waving and to listen to the speeches (please still register though).
On December 17, 2010 one of Hawai‘i’s own, Zachary Manago, was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver on Kamehameha Highway near Wahiawā while riding his bicycle.
For Zach, a day-long bike ride with friends around the island ended in tragedy, but Zach’s Vision for safer streets continues to live on. In July 2011, over 100 cyclists rode out in the first Zachary Manago’s Ride in Paradise. Zach’s family, classmates and HBL rode over two days across the island, stopping in numerous communities to voice the need for safer roads for cyclists and pedestrians.
Organized by HBL and the Manago family, the 2025 Zach’s Ride for Safe Streets on April 5th (SAT.) invites cyclists of all ages and experience to jump on their bikes and join us for a ride on some of the bike infrastructure and protected bike lanes created since Zach’s passing. Together we will be a visible voice of the cycling community, showing our support of and the continued need for safer shared streets by pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists.
There is no registration fee to participate in the 2025 Zach’s Ride for Safe Streets, but we ask all cyclists to consider making a donation in support of Zach’s Vision so that his legacy of advocating for safer streets will live on.
Zach was an 18 year old baseball pitching ace from Moanalua High School and was due to start his college career at Hawai‘i Pacific University in the Spring. Zach and his friends loved cycling for fun, exercise, and as commuters.
From the road, he saw first hand the challenges cyclists have sharing the roads with motorists and the need for more bike infrastructure and bike lanes.
Read Zach’s last major research paper as a student at Hawai‘i Pacific University, written only a few weeks before his death.
“Should There Be More Bicycle Lanes in the State of Hawai‘i”, written by Zachary Manago (December 2010)
Watch the video from Zach’s Ghost Rider Memorial
We will have a 1-day ride starting/ending at Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park in a clockwise loop around town on open roads and in protected bike lanes (~2.5 – 3.5 miles) on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
Option 1 follows the same course as last year and will go up Ward Ave. on the Bike Path with freshly installed bollards to the King Street Cycle Track and then down to the State Capitol.
Option2 will have people riding this route will leave 5-10 minutes after the first wave and will be a direct route up the South Street bike lane to the State Capitol.
Everyone will be biking down South Street back to Kaka‘ako following Route #2 in reverse.
Zach’s Ride is organized by HBL and the Manago family – registration is free, all cyclists and HBL members are asked to make a donation to support Zach’s vision regardless if they ride.
Zachary Manago’s Ride in Paradise would not be possible without many wonderful volunteers! Click here to see available volunteer opportunities or email Vincent to help.
Donate to Zach’s Vision!
While While Zach’s Ride is a free event, we encourage participants and community members to Donate to Zach’s Vision.
Fundraising is instrumental in supporting our advocacy and education work to achieve Zach’s Vision of a bicycle friendly Hawai‘i. Please consider donating to HBL or becoming a member if you haven’t already.
2025 Legislative Session:
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The 2025 Hawai‘i Legislative Session opened on January 15th. There has been dozens of bills introduced that have significant potential to both improve and weaken the environment for bicycling, walking, and rolling across Hawai‘i.
To keep you apprised of emerging and fast-moving developments we will be sharing regular updates on our home page and below here:
- An overview letter written to members of the Hawai‘i Legislature broadly describing HBL’s position
- A bill tracking sheet with information about proposed legislation we are following most closely.
- 1/31/25 Update: HBL submitted testimony in support of SB 106 and SB 1117. These Senate bills were advanced, with amendments, including recommendations from HBL. We submitted testimony in opposition to HB 184 and HB 708. Decision-making for these House bills has been deferred until 2/4/25. On 2/3/25, HBL submitted testimony supportive with comments for HB 435 and HB 958 and in opposition to HB 486.
- Please contact Advocacy Director Eduardo Hernandez if you have any questions.
There have been $49 million in federal funds obligated for Hawai‘i bikeway projects over the past 10 years! Here is where it was put to work…
Where we are now:
- State of Hawai‘i Act 222 supporting bicycle facilities: shared use paths, bicycle lanes, and signed shared roadways.- Annual Report to the Hawaii Legislature on Bikeway Projects.
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Hawai‘i State Act 47 passed in 2018, “3 Feet Law”, requiring drivers to allow at least three feet of separation between the driver’s vehicle and the bicycle when passing or overtaking the bicyclist.
“The passage of this bill highlights our commitment to ensuring that cyclists are safe on our roads, and that Hawai‘i becomes a more bicycle friendly community. I am happy to sign this bill and make Hawai‘i the 37th state in the nation to make this commitment,” said Gov. Ige.
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Hawai‘i State Act 134, Vision Zero passed in 2019, requiring the State’s and all counties’ departments of transportation to adopt a complete streets policy that reasonably accommodates convenient access and mobility for all users of the public highways.
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Hawai‘i State Act 54, Complete Streets Policy passed in 2009 requiring the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation and the county transportation departments to adopt a Complete Streets policy that reasonably accommodates convenient access and mobility for all users of the public highways.
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The City and County of Honolulu has installed approximately 70 miles of new bikeways in the last 10 years.
With the focus to create low-stress bikeways for people of all ages and abilities, the O‘ahu Bike Plan (updated 2019) guides future planning to better integrate bicycling into the island’s transportation system.
Bicycle Policies and Programs:
- ➞ HBL Adult BikeEd program a mix of educational sessions for every skill level, from beginners who want to learn how to balance to veteran cyclists that want to improve their mechanical skills.
- ➞ Bicycle Parking Ordinance in 2018 requires all new and modified buildings to include short and long term bicycle parking.
- ➞ Safe Routes to School program in 2015 which aims to increase the number of students (of all abilities, income levels, and cultures) in kindergarten through eighth grade who regularly choose to walk and bike to/from school by making walking and biking safe and fun through implementation of the five “E’s.”
- The City & County of Honolulu received the Bicycle Friendly Community Bronze Level Award in 2014 and 2018 .
Mahalo to our past riders!
Let’s Ride Again – Register to Ride SATURDAY, April 5th
