private minibus VS shuttle

Adrienn Gelesz

LEED AP

ABUD Engineering Ltd.

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June 17, 2013

Hi, does any one know if there is any difference in a "shuttle" and a "private minibus"? Are these term interchangable? ID#10003 says a private minibus is acceptable as public transport if it is available to the public, travels a regular route and observes a regular time schedule. I guess the shuttle is also the same. Is it acceptable if there are two shuttles that serve the site?

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David Posada

Integrated Design & LEED Specialist

SERA Architects

LEEDuser Expert

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Thu, 07/18/2013 - 20:12

The credit says "2 or more public, campus, or private bus lines" so if the shuttles meet the frequency and regular route requirements, it sounds like they would count as a private bus. You might want to make sure the capacity of the private bus is appropriate for the number employees or visitors. There's no formula to calculate this. But, for example, if your LEED project was a factory with an FTE of 1000 people and the shuttles only carry 10 people stopping once every half hour, it’s hard to imagine that would be adequate at the start and end of a shift. Make sense?

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