HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0510.003 2024-2026From:
Claudia Hartz
Sent:
Monday, October 6, 2025 2:19 PM
To:
Council Testimony
Subject:
resolution 318-25
I support Resolution 318.25, providing grant fundingto PATH to support the HIBIKE bikeshare. The HIBIKE
Project will promote a transportation option for Hawaii Island residents and visitors, encouraging a
healthy and fun way to get around town, and support the development of appropriate infrastructure for
biking, bicycle safety, and increased bicycle ridership on Hawaii Island. As a bike rider myself, I use my
bike to go to work and home. I have experienced that:
HIBIKE helps reduce traffic congestion and improve automobile and transit times.
HIBIKE expands transportation options, increasing walking, bicycling, and enabling more people to
use transit.
HIBIKE fills gaps in the Hele-On transit system, acting as a "first/last mile" option.
HIBIKE seamlessly integrates with the Hele-On Bus.
HIBIKE creates an intergenerational bicycling culture in Kailua-Kona and Hilo that normalizes the
bicycle for transportation and recreation, stimulates public support for expanding bicycle infrastructure.
Under the membership options designed with Hawai'i County residents in mind, the more you use the
system, the greater the value of the membership fee, and the farther your transportation dollars invested
in HIBIKE membership go.
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