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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 291C-39

  • 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
  • Railroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon stationary rails. 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
  • Street: means the entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. 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

The department of transportation, after consultation with the counties, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices installed pursuant to this chapter, including stop signs, yield signs, speed limit signs, railroad warning approach signs, street name signs, crossing signs, any lines or markings on a roadway, and any other sign or marking required or authorized by the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as amended.