CI-v5 LTc2: Transportation Demand Management 1-4 points

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Intent

To reduce pollution and land development effects from automobile use through encouraging alternative transportation networks. To promote more livable and healthy communities through reduced vehicle miles traveled and reduced associated emissions. 

Requirements

Transportation Demand Management Assessment
Assess the number of VMT and carbon emissions associated with regular building occupants’ travel to and from the project building as outlined below: 

• Estimate the annual VMT.
• Estimate annual baseline case for carbon emissions.
• Assess transportation demand management strategies and low-carbon transportation options.
• Estimate annual proposed case for carbon emissions.
• Estimate the total reduction of carbon emissions between annual baseline case and annual proposed case.

Projects that participate in a local or regional government-mandated TDM program satisfy the Transportation Demand Management Assessment (TDMA) requirement. Residential affordable housing projects in an infill location or an office, mixed-use, residential, or retail project located within a transit priority area, or within 0.5 miles (800 meters) walking distance of an existing or planned major transit stop, are exempt from the preceding requirements.

AND

Implement one or more of the following strategies for up to a total of 4 points.

Option 1. Parking (1–3 points)
PATH 1. REDUCE PARKING (1–3 POINTS) 
Locate in a building that provides a reduction in parking capacity using the base ratios for parking spaces found in the Institute of Transportation Engineers Parking Generation Manual, sixth edition, or a comparable resource applied by a qualified transportation engineer or planner or in supplementary LEED guidance. Points are awarded according to Table 1.

Table 1. Points for Percentage of Reduced Parking Capacity

AND/OR

PATH 2. UNBUNDLE PARKING (2 POINTS)
Unbundle parking by purchasing parking separately from the tenant space lease. Do not provide free parking for employees. Implement a daily, monthly, or annual parking fee at a cost equal to or greater than the local market rate for public or private parking.

AND/OR

Option 2. Active Travel Facilities (1–3 points)
PATH 1. BICYCLE NETWORK AND STORAGE (1 POINT)

Bicycle Network
Locate the project in a building such that a functional entry and/or bicycle storage is within a 600-foot (180-meter) walking distance or cycling distance of a bicycle network that meets the following criteria:

• It is a contiguous network that spans a distance of at least 3 miles (4,800 meters).
• It consists of bicycle paths, lanes, or multiuse trails, or streets with a maximum speed limit of 25 mph (40 kph). Sidewalks where local code permits bicycles are acceptable.

Planned bicycle trails or lanes may be counted if they are fully funded by the date of the certificate of occupancy and are scheduled for completion within three years of that date.

AND

Bicycle Storage
Case 1. Dedicated for tenant occupants
Provide short-term bicycle storage for at least 2.5% of all peak visitors within a 600-foot (180-meter) walking distance of any main entrance, and with no fewer than four storage spaces (two for retail projects)

Provide long-term bicycle storage for at least 5% of all regular project occupants within a 300-foot (90-meter) walking distance of any functional project entry, but with no fewer than four storage spaces (two for retail projects) in addition to the short-term bicycle storage spaces. 

Locate the storage within the tenant space or designate, with signage, the storage as being for the tenant occupants only.

Case 2. Access to base building facilities
Locate the project in a building that meets the requirements of LEED BD+C v4 or v4.1 LTc Bicycle Facilities, or LEED BD+C v5 LTc Transportation Demand Management, Option 2. Active Travel Facilities, Path 1. Bicycle Network and Storage.

For Case 2, shared micromobility storage, bicycle-sharing stations, and/or publicly available bicycle parking may be counted for up to 50% of the required short-term and long-term storage space if it meets the maximum allowable walking distance, and is not double-counted (i.e., the short-term and the long-term storage spaces are counted separately), and the storage location is communicated to the building occupants and visitors.

AND/OR

PATH 2. SHOWER AND CHANGING FACILITIES (1 POINT)
Case 1. Dedicated for tenant occupants
Provide at least one shower within the tenant space with a changing facility for the first 100 regular project occupants and one additional shower for every 150 project occupants thereafter.

Large Occupancy Projects
Provide at least one on-site shower within the tenant space with a changing facility for the first 100 regular project occupants and one additional shower for every 150 regular project occupants thereafter, up to 999 regular project occupants. Thereafter, provide the following:

• One additional shower for every 500 regular project occupants, for an additional 1,000–4,999 regular project occupants
• One additional shower for every 1,000 regular building occupants, for an additional 5,000+ regular project occupants

Case 2. Access to base building facilities
Locate the project in a building that meets the requirements of LEED BD+C v4 or v4.1 LTc Bicycle Facilities, or LEED BD+C v5 LTc Transportation Demand Management, Option 2. Active Travel Facilities, Path 2. Shower and Changing Facilities.

AND/OR 

PATH 3. BICYCLE MAINTENANCE (1 POINT)
Case 1. Dedicated for tenant occupants 
Provide a permanently secured bicycle repair station that includes a complete set of tools and an air pump securely fastened to the repair stand in the area dedicated to long-term bicycle storage.

Case 2. Access to base building facilities
Locate the project in a building that meets the requirements of LEED v5 LTc Transportation Demand Management, Option 2. Active Travel Facilities, Path 3. Bicycle Maintenance.