CS-v5 LTc4: Transportation Demand Management 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 distance traveled and associated emissions.

Requirements

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

• 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 office, mixed-use, residential, or retail projects located within a transit priority area, or within a walking distance of 0.5 miles (800 meters) to an existing or planned major transit stop, are exempt from the preceding requirements.

AND

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

Option 1. Parking (1–3 points)
PATH 1. REDUCE PARKING (1–3 POINTS)
Provide 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. PARKING FEE (2 POINTS)
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
Design or locate the project such that a functional entry and/or bicycle storage is within a 600-foot (180-meter) walking distance or bicycling distance of a bicycle network that meets the following criteria: 

• It provides a contiguous network that spans a distance of at least three miles (4,800 meters).
• It consists of bicycle paths, lanes, 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.

Schools

• Provide dedicated bicycle lanes that extend from the student bike-parking location to at least the end of the school property without any barriers (e.g., fences on school property).

AND

Bicycle storage

Provide short-term bicycle storage within 600 feet (180 meters) walking distance to any main entrance, but no fewer than four storage spaces per building. 

Provide long-term bicycle storage within 300 feet (90 meters) walking distance from any functional entry, but no fewer than four storage spaces per building, in addition to the short-term bicycle storage spaces.

Points are awarded according to Table 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.
• It is not double counted (e.g., The short-term and the long-term storage spaces are counted separately).
• The storage location is communicated to the building occupants and visitors.

Table 2. Number of Spaces Required for Short- and Long-Term Bicycle Storage

^{note: For New Construction only: School projects can exclude students in third grade and younger from the regular building occupant count for long-term storage. Healthcare projects can exclude patients from the regular building occupant count for long-term storage.}

AND/OR

PATH 2. SHOWER AND CHANGING FACILITIES (1 POINT)
Provide access to on-site showers with changing facilities for 1% of all regular building occupants. Off-site showers and changing facilities are acceptable if they meet the needs of all occupants and are within 0.25 miles (400 meters) walking distance.

Large occupancy projects
Provide at least one on-site shower with a changing facility for the first 100 regular building occupants and one additional shower for every 150 regular building occupants thereafter, up to 999 regular building occupants. After that, provide the following:

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

AND/OR

PATH 3. BICYCLE MAINTENANCE (1 POINT)
Provide a permanent and secure 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.