*Registered Riders will get a detailed map and additional information about ride route. REGISTER today so you are on the email list and be prepared to ride.
Date: Saturday, March 4, 2023
Time: Participants will gather starting at 9:30AM. At 10AM we’ll have a short speech and then riders will roll out.
Start/End: Kaka‘ako Makai Gateway Park located on Ilalo St. + Cooke St. (grassy area mauka of the Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park parking lot).
Riders: All ages, all experience levels and all bicycles that can be pedaled & operated safely are welcome.
Format: “Group Ride” we all ride together on HBL’s 2023 event route (open road and protected lanes). We will be stopping at the Hawai‘i State Capitol for sign waving and speeches (around 11PM -12:30PM) before we ride back to Kaka‘ako.
Course: Flat, 3.5 miles, counter-clockwise route from Kaka’ako to the Hawai‘i State Capital and return to Kaka‘ako.
Registration: No cost for riders but you must REGISTER.
Post Ride: Potluck lunch and fellowship.
Not riding? You are welcome to come down and join us at the state capitol for sign waving and to listen to the speeches (please still register though).
On December 17, 2010 one of Hawai‘i’s own, Zachary Manago, was killed by a hit and run drunk driver on Kamehameha Highway near Wahiawā while riding his bicycle.
For Zach, a day-long bike ride with friends around the island ended in tragedy, but Zach’s Vision for safer streets continues to live on. In July 2011, over 100 cyclists rode out in the first Zachary Manago’s Ride in Paradise. Zach’s family, classmates and HBL rode over two-days across the island, stopping in numerous communities to voice the need for safer roads for cyclists and pedestrians.
Organized by HBL and the Manago family, the 2023 Zach’s Ride for Safe Streets on March 4th (SAT.) invites cyclists of all ages and experience to jump on their bike and join us for a ride on some of the bike infrastructure and protected bike lanes created since his passing. Together we will be a visible voice of the cycling community showing our support, and the continued need, for safer shared streets by pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
There is no registration fee to ride but we ask all cyclists to make a donation (if you register to ride or not) to support Zach’s Vision so his legacy of advocating for safer streets will live on.
Zach was an 18 year old baseball pitching ace from Moanalua High School and was due to start his college career at Hawai‘i Pacific University in the Spring. Zach and his friends loved cycling for fun, exercise, and as commuters.
From the road, he saw first hand the challenges cyclists have sharing the roads with motorists and the need for more bike infrastructure and bike lanes.
Read Zach’s last major research paper as a student at Hawai‘i Pacific University, written only a few weeks before his death.
“Should There Be More Bicycle Lanes in the State of Hawai‘i”, written by Zachary Manago (December 2010)
Watch the video from Zach’s Ghost Rider Memorial
We will have a 1-day ride starting/ending at Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park in a clockwise loop around town on open road and in protected bike lanes (~3.5 miles) on Saturday, March 4, 2023. ‘Map My Ride‘ link here.
Zach’s Ride is organized by HBL and the Manago family – registration is free, all cyclists and HBL members are asked to make a donation to support Zach’s vision regardless if they ride.
Zachary Manago’s Ride in Paradise would not be possible without many wonderful volunteers! Email Lauren to help.
While While Zach’s Ride is a free event, we encourage participants and community members to Donate to Zach’s Vision.
Fundraising is instrumental in supporting our advocacy and education work to achieve Zach’s Vision of a bicycle friendly Hawai‘i. Please consider donating to HBL or becoming a member if you haven’t already.
Want to contribute to Zach’s Vision? Click on each upcoming 2023 bill to see its status, submit a testimony, and check on committee meeting dates!
HB600 – RELATING TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
Establishes the safe routes to school advisory committee within the planning branch of the highways division of the department of transportation. Appropriates moneys.
SB1506 – RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION
Establishes a Safe Routes for People Implementation Program and Safe Routes for People Implementation Committee to develop strategies and facilitate transportation-related projects that ensure the safety of keiki and kūpuna using ground transportation facilities. Authorizes the Safe Routes for People Implementation Committee to develop the application process under the Safe Routes to School Program. Renames the Safe Routes to Schools Program Special Fund to the Safe Routes for People Special Fund and amends its purpose. Appropriates funds.
SB1535 – RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION
Allows the Director of Transportation to exempt certain ground transportation facility projects from historic preservation review and the environmental impact statement law, subject to certain conditions.
Hawaii State Act 47 passed in 2018, “3 Feet Law”, requiring drivers to allow at least three feet of separation between the driver’s vehicle and the bicycle when passing or overtaking the bicyclist.
“The passage of this bill highlights our commitment to ensuring that cyclists are safe on our roads, and that Hawai‘i becomes a more bicycle friendly community. I am happy to sign this bill and make Hawai‘i the 37th state in the nation to make this commitment,” said Gov. Ige.
Hawaii State Act 134, Vision Zero passed in 2019, requiring the State’s and all counties’ departments of transportation to adopt a complete streets policy that reasonably accommodates convenient access and mobility for all users of the public highways.
Hawaii State Act 54, Complete Streets Policy passed in 2009 requiring the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation and the county transportation departments to adopt a Complete Streets policy that reasonably accommodates convenient access and mobility for all users of the public highways.
With the focus to create low-stress bikeways for people of all ages and abilities, the O‘ahu Bike Plan (updated 2019) guides future planning to better integrate bicycling into the island’s transportation system.
ROAD DIETS (lane reduction, road re-channelization and buffered bike lanes making the area safer for bicyclists)
☑ Ala Napunani St. in Salt Lake naming of Zach Manago Memorial Bikeway in 2018
☑Bike Lanes on Kamehameha IV Rd., McCully St. and Wai‘alae Ave.
CREATION OF PROTECTED BIKE LANES