(a) The department of transportation or a county shall consider the following factors when setting a maximum speed limit pursuant to § 291C-102:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-107

  • Bicycle: means :

    (1) A vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, and including any vehicle generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels except a toy bicycle; or
    (2) A low-speed electric bicycle, as defined under title 15 United States Code § 2085. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained and those private streets, as defined in § 46-16, over which the application of this chapter has been extended by ordinance, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power but not operated upon rails but excludes a moped. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • parking: means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • Pedestrian: means any person afoot, in an invalid chair, or in a vehicle propelled by a person afoot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • Roadway: means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-1
(1) An engineering study conducted for the road whose maximum speed limit is being set; provided that the engineering study shall include an analysis of the current speed distribution of free-flowing vehicles; and
(2) Any other factors prescribed by the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as amended.
(b) As used in this section, “engineering study” means a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods determined by the department of transportation for use by state and local authorities. An engineering study shall consider the following factors:

(1) Roadway characteristics including but not limited to shoulder condition grade, alignment, sight distance, and lane widths;
(2) Roadside development and environment, including the following:

(A) Number and types of side road access including signalized or unsignalized intersections;
(B) Pedestrian activity and facilities;
(C) Parking practices and activity; and
(D) Type of bicycle accommodations and facilities;
(3) Motor vehicle crashes resulting in deaths or injuries; and
(4) Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements.
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