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This bill mandates the Department of Transportation to enhance pedestrian safety by evaluating intersections for the installation of leading pedestrian intervals and accessible pedestrian signals, which are safety features designed to give pedestrians a head start in crosswalks and provide audible and tactile cues for visually impaired individuals, respectively. The department will assess intersections when state-owned pedestrian signal heads are first installed or replaced, and will annually evaluate at least 25 existing intersections with pedestrian signal heads, prioritizing those with recent pedestrian crashes, until all such intersections have been reviewed. The bill also ensures that accessible pedestrian signals are installed at intersections already equipped with leading pedestrian intervals and requires additional safety measures, such as "No Turn on Red" signs, to be implemented where these features are installed. Furthermore, it establishes a program, in collaboration with counties, allowing pedestrians and community members to request the installation of accessible pedestrian signals at specific intersections, and appropriates funds from the state highway fund to support these initiatives, with the changes taking effect on July 1, 2050.

Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2470&year=2026