STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

Bike tours are a dangerous activity that puts residents and visitors at risk of injury and death. Now is the time to act to get commercial bike tours, both guided and unguided, regulated for the safety of residents and visitors.

THE PROBLEM AND WHY IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED:

The bike tour companies use public roadways that are narrow, steep, and winding, with limited sight distance.These roads (primarily in Kula, Pukalani, Makawao, Haʻikū, and Pāʻia) were not designed for commercial bike tours. These are the same roads that Maui residents rely on to get to work and school and to go about their daily lives.

PETITION: REGULATE BIKE TOURS ON MAUI NOW!

We, the residents of Maui, are asking that a bill titled “Bicycle-Tour Public Safety and Related Litigation Concerns (GREAT-44)” be passed on September 8, 2022 with these provisions that are in the best interests of the general public: 

 1) Unguided bike tours are prohibited.

 2) Guided bike tours are prohibited everywhere in Maui County, except where specifically permitted. The permitted area would be on Haleakalā Crater Road, State Route 378, from just below the national park at mile marker 9.5 to the existing pullout at mile marker 3.0. The bike tours would end at the 4,500 foot elevation, above any residential areas. 

 3) The guided bike tours are only allowed to operated Monday through Saturday, from 8:00am to 1:30pm.

This would minimize conflict with Maui drivers, make safer bike tours, and allow the tours to continue as regular van tours that could still patronize the merchants in Makawao and Pāʻia.