Bill > HB1302

This bill establishes a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program aimed at reducing vehicle emissions and single-occupancy vehicle commutes for state employees in Hawaii. The program requires the Department of Human Resources Development to develop initiatives that encourage sustainable transportation options, including offering fully subsidized public transit and bikeshare passes to all public employees, which can be integrated into employee badges. Each state department will be required to designate a volunteer employee transportation coordinator who will work with the Oahu metropolitan planning organization to distribute educational materials and promote alternative transportation methods. The bill also mandates the development of a parking opt-out program that allows public employees to receive a financial incentive if they choose not to use a parking stall. The legislation is driven by findings that ground transportation accounts for 38% of transportation emissions in the state, with light-duty vehicles representing 85% of those emissions, and that state employee focus groups indicated significant interest in alternative transportation if financial incentives were provided. To support the program's implementation, the bill appropriates funding for two new full-time equivalent positions: one within the Department of Human Resources Development to administer the program and another within the Oahu metropolitan planning organization to assist with program coordination.

Labor and Employment, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1302&year=2026