HR 119: requesting the department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to implement a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program in the Ko ʻolina, Honokai Hale, NĀnĀkuli, and Maili neighborhoods.

HOUSE RESOLUTION

requesting the department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to implement a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program in the Ko ʻolina, Honokai Hale, NĀnĀkuli, and Maili neighborhoods.

     WHEREAS, a restricted parking zone manages the use of public on-street non-metered parking spaces through permits and signage; and

     WHEREAS, restricted parking zones can be used in residential areas where there is also significant demand for on-street parking from non-residents because of an identifiable traffic generator, such as a nearby college or hospital; and

     WHEREAS, a restricted parking zone can increase parking access for area residents and visitors, as well as pedestrian safety and the local use of transit; and

     WHEREAS, restricted parking zones can also reduce traffic congestion, air and noise pollution, commuter parking in neighborhoods, and blight; and

     WHEREAS, in 2017, the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu identified Kalihi Valley as the initial site for a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program; and

     WHEREAS, during the Kalihi Valley Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program, the Department of Transportation Services observes that there was an eighty-six percent decrease in non-residential on-street parking, and seventy percent increase in available on-street parking spaces; and

     WHEREAS, Ordinance 23-37 established a process for designating other neighborhoods as restricted parking zones; and

     WHEREAS, the Ko ʻOlina, Honokai Hale, Nānākuli, and Maili neighborhoods experience many similar issues that Kalihi Valley experienced before the implementation of the Kalihi Valley Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program, including trash on the streets and sidewalks, frequent encounters with people sleeping in cars, loitering and nighttime disturbances, abandoned vehicles on the street, and difficulty finding parking; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu is requested to implement a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program in the Ko ʻOlina, Honokai Hale, Nānākuli, and Maili neighborhoods; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Director of the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, and member of the Honolulu City Council representing District 1.

Report Title: 

Department of Transportation Services; City and County of Honolulu; Restricted Parking Zone; District 44

STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1515

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2025

RE:   H.R. No. 119

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.R. No. 119 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO IMPLEMENT A RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE PILOT PROGRAM IN THE KO ʻOLINA, HONOKAI HALE, NĀNĀKULI, AND MAILI NEIGHBORHOODS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu to implement a Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program in the Ko ʻOlina, Honokai Hale, Nānākuli, and Maili neighborhoods.

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

     Your Committee finds that restricted parking zones are an effective tool for managing on-street parking in residential areas experiencing high demand from non-residents due to nearby traffic generators.  The success of the Kalihi Valley Restricted Parking Zone Pilot Program demonstrated significant improvements in parking availability and reduced congestion and unauthorized parking.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 119 and recommends its adoption.

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