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North Shore Bike Path Clean-Up – April 9th, 2016

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Come lend a hand cleaning up the North Shore Bike Path from Sharks Cove past Sunset Beach. We’ll be picking up trash, raking leaving, and sweeping sand.

The event will be on Saturday, April 9 from 9am to noon. We’ll be starting at ‘Ehukai Beach Park and sending a group both directions. HBL will have water and snacks.

Come volunteer, then enjoy the rest of the day on the North Shore! Bring friends and go out to lunch in Haleiwa or grab a slice of pie from Ted’s Bakery!

If you can make it, please sign up below. Also join our facebook event to say updated and spread the word!

We’ll need a bunch rakes, brooms, shovels, and other items. If you have one of these, please bring it. HBL does have gloves, safety vests, trash bags, and some brooms/rakes.

Any questions – contract Travis Counsell or call 735-5756

 

Click Here to Sign Up!

 

King Street PBL Clean Up

King Street Protected Bike Lane Clean Up: March 9th @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm

S. King St. & Ke’eaumoku St., Honolulu

King St Cleanup Crew

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, HBL hosts a cleanup of our beloved King Street Protected Bike Lane.  Come out and join us for a one or two hour shift in the early evening, sweeping and readjusting berms and bollards. Help us keep our first protected bike lane safe and gorgeous for all to enjoy! Meet at the grassy clearing at the corner of S. King St and Ke’eaumoku St. (across from Lobster King).

Sign up HERE if you’re interested!

(There will be snacks :))

Update – HBL joining Complete Streets Coalition to seek positive alternative to Bills 84 & 8

*Positive Update*

Bill 84 and Bill 8 have been tabled for the time being. Thank you to all those that submitted testimony and reached out to your Councilmember.  HBL is working with a broader group – the Complete Streets Coalition – to work with Councilmembers and the Department of Transportation Services to develop a good alternative to the Bill 84 and Bill 8; one that will strengthen our Complete Streets policy and advance the work of making our roads safer for those that walk and bike.

The rest of this post remains as posted in late February. The concerns about Bill 84 and Bill 8 remain the same and are what we will be working to ensure doesn’t end up in a future bill.

Our Complete Streets policy is making our streets safer for all!

The vision of safer streets for biking and walking is taking shape and changing our community for the better. Unfortunately, the City Council is currently considering two bills that essentially gut our Complete Streets law and will impede work to make our streets safer for biking and walking. While the people of Oahu have said time and time again they want safer streets for walking and walking, these bills will make getting these harder and slower.

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Bill 84 & Bill 8 will take us backward

Bill 84 CD1(2015) and Bill 8(2016) are not currently scheduled for hearings and therefore no testimony is being accepted. They may be scheduled for hearings 3/2/16 and 3/3/16, respectively. In which case we will need lots of testimony. Please join the Bike Advocacy Team to receive alerts.

Why Bill 84 is so bad:

Bill 84 CD1 (2015) would essentially REPEAL the fundamental part of our landmark Complete Streets law – that every project should take every opportunity to make a street safer for walking, biking, and driving.

In 2012, the City Council unanimously passed Bill 26 making it the policy of the City to strive to make all of our streets safe walking, biking, and driving. At the core of the Complete Streets law is that “every transportation facility or project, whether new construction, reconstruction, or maintenance, provides the opportunity to implement complete streets policy and principles”. This is crucial to making our roads safe for all users in timely and cost efficient manner.

Bill 84 CD1 would remove this fundamental Complete Streets approach for many of our roads by saying that we will NOT consider Complete Streets on any project unless the Complete Streets improvement is expressly noted in the budget.

When we repave a road is the easiest and cheapest time to make it safer for biking and walking. However, we don’t include the streets that are going to be repaved in the budget. This means NONE of repaving projects would be allowed to make any bicycle and pedestrian improvements.

Why Bill 8 is so bad:

Our Complete Streets law requires that a checklist to used on every project to ensure that bicycle and pedestrian issues are being addressed wherever possible. This step in the process of thinking about those that walk and bike is essential to ensure we take advantage of opportunities to improve our streets (like with Kamehameha IV Road).

Bill 8 (2016) would require every project’s Complete Streets checklist be brought before the City Council for their approval before the project can receive any funding. This would translate into literally thousands of projects being brought before City Council, which would mean delay and many projects simply moving forward without any Complete Streets improvements – the exact opposite of what are Complete Streets law was intend to do.

Your role in the effort!

Bill 84 CD1(2015) and Bill 8(2016) are not currently scheduled for hearings and therefore no testimony is being accepted. They may be scheduled for hearings 3/2/16 and 3/3/16, respectively. In which case we will need lots of testimony. Please join the Bike Advocacy Team to receive alerts.

Randy Ching is donating $30,000 – we need your help to match his contribution

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Randy Ching wants to ride the Leeward Bikeway already. So he’s donating $30,000 toward a $60,000 goal to kickstart a 2016 campaign for a full-court press (including staff for community organizing, social media and advocating with government) to coordinate our collective efforts and get the Leeward Bikeway construction started in 2016.

Help us match the Randy’s donation and get the Leeward Bikeway built in 2016!

Donate here!

The Leeward Bikeway has been in the works since 1977 (almost as long as HBL has been in existence) – 38 years of promises, good intents, false starts and delays. Let’s make 2016 the year it finally happens! Hawaii Department of Transportation has already planned it, designed it, and they even have funding for Phase I. But they are stuck on environmental approvals. We need to galvanize supporters to demonstrate tremendous community need for the Leeward Bikeway NOW to build Phase I (5 more miles to connect Waipahu to Kapolei) and Phase II (9 more miles to connect Kapolei to Nanakuli). The existing Pearl Harbor Historic Trail is 6.5 miles from Pearl Harbor to Waipahu.

Imagine riding from Nanakuli to Aloha Stadium on one continuous 20 mile path!

HBL will have a fundraiser drive for the $30,000 match at our Annual Dinner Saturday 1/30! Sign up for the dinner by Thursday (1/28) midnight. Click here for tickets!

Musician Doug Fitch to Perform at the 2016 Annual Members Dinner!

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HBL is excited to announce that musician Doug Fitch will be performing at the 2016 HBL Annual Members Dinner.

Purchase Your Tickets Today!
More Information About the Annual Member Dinner!

Fitch WheatiesSports fans may remember Doug from his days as a professional bicycle racer when he became the first bicyclist to appear on the Wheaties cereal box in 1988. He was a member of the U.S. National Cycling Team during the 1980s, and became the U.S. National Champion in 1986. He won the Visalia Cycling Classic, the infamous Pikes Peak Hill Climb, and the Tour of Peru. His records still hold on Pikes Peak Hillclimb, Mt. Hood Hillclimb, and Lookout Mountain Hillclimb. ESPN did a feature on his cycling and music in 1985.

In addition to his cycling career, Doug is also an accomplished musician! He was a nominee for the 2009 and 2012 Na Hokuhanohano Awards (slack key guitar category) and 2009 Hawaii Music Awards (Folk Music category). Doug has studied Hawaiian slack-key guitar intensively with several masters and is also a recipient of a grant from the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts in support of his ongoing study of the genre, also known as “kiho’alu”.  The year 2013 was a big one for Doug and his musical endeavors. His newest album, “Believe in Love,” received two Grammy nominations.

“My music reflects what I love about Hawai’i: The people, the mountains, the winds, rains, and rolling surf. This is the soundtrack for a way of life in which relationships are valued and nature is revered. Hawaiian music is fun, soulful, poignant, and elegantly straightforward. It paints a beautiful sonic picture that relies on heart and soul for interpretation. It’s been a gift to me and I love to share it.”
— Doug Fitch

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To learn more about Doug Fitch Music – Click Here to Visit His Website

Needless to say, we’re excited to welcome both a former professional cyclist and talented musician! Please come and enjoy a great evening with live music, silent auction, great food & drinks with fellow cycling enthusiasts!

Purchase Your Tickets Today!
More Information About the Annual Member Dinner!

 

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