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Design and/or locate the project such that a through-street and/or nonmotorized right‑of‑way intersects or terminates at the project boundary at least every 400 feet (120 meters) or at existing abutting street intervals and intersections, whichever is the shorter distance. Include a pedestrian or bicycle through-connection in at least 90% of any new culs-de-sac. This does not apply to portions of the boundary where connections cannot be made because of physical obstacles, such as prior platting of property, construction of existing buildings or other barriers, slopes over 15%, wetlands and water bodies, railroad and utility rights-of-way, existing limited-access motor vehicle rights-of-way, and parks and dedicated open space.
Figure 1. Project site with right-of-way intersects on project boundary at least every 400 feet (120 meters)
AND
Locate and/or design the project such that its internal connectivity and/or the connectivity within a 1/4-mile (400 meters) distance of the project boundary falls within one of the ranges listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Points for connectivity
Street intersections per square mile |
Street intersections per square kilometer |
Points |
> 300 and ≤ 400 |
> 116 and ≤ 154 |
1 |
> 400 |
> 154 |
2 |
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Addenda
10/1/2013 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Rating System Correction
Description of change: Revise connectivity definition to:
“connectivity the number of publicly accessible intersections per square mile, including any combination of streets, dedicated alleys, transit rights-of-way, and nonmotorized rights-of-way. If one must both enter and exit an area through the same intersection, such an intersection and any intersections beyond that point are not counted; intersections leading only to culs-de-sac are also not counted. The calculation of square mileage excludes water bodies, parks larger than 1/2 acre, public facility campuses, airports, rail yards, slopes over 15%, and areas nonbuildable under codified law or the rating system. Street rights-of-way may not be excluded.”
Internationally Applicable: Yes
7/19/2010 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change: Change the margin title in the top left corner from "NPD CREDIT 5" to "NPD CREDIT 6"
Internationally Applicable: No
2/2/2011 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change: Replace the image with the following:
Internationally Applicable: No
10/1/2012 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change: Revise connecitivity definition to the following: connectivity the number of publicly accessible intersections per square mile, including any combination of streets, dedicated alleys, transit rights-of-way, and nonmotorized rights-of-way. If one must both enter and exit an area through the same intersection, such an intersection and any intersections beyond that point are not counted; intersections leading only to culs-de-sac are also not counted. The calculation of square mileage excludes water bodies, parks larger than 1/2 acre, public facility campuses, airports, rail yards, slopes over 15%, and areas nonbuildable under codified law or the rating system. Street rights-of-way may not be excluded.
Internationally Applicable: No
2/2/2011 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Rating System Correction
Description of change: Replace the image with the following:
Internationally Applicable: No
7/1/2014 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Global ACP
Description of change: Table 1.
Add second column, "Street intersections per square kilometer", with the following values:
> 116 and ≤ 154
> 154
Internationally Applicable: Yes
2/2/2011 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change: In the third line, remove the text "(up to 20% of total intersections)"
Internationally Applicable: No
10/1/2012 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change: Replace the definition of "cul-de-sac" with "a segment of the circulation network that terminates without intersecting another segment of the circulation network."
Internationally Applicable: No
10/1/2013 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change: Revise connectivity definition to:
“connectivity the number of publicly accessible intersections per square mile, including any combination of streets, dedicated alleys, transit rights-of-way, and nonmotorized rights-of-way. If one must both enter and exit an area through the same intersection, such an intersection and any intersections beyond that point are not counted; intersections leading only to culs-de-sac are also not counted. The calculation of square mileage excludes water bodies, parks larger than 1/2 acre, public facility campuses, airports, rail yards, slopes over 15%, and areas nonbuildable under codified law or the rating system. Street rights-of-way may not be excluded.”
Internationally Applicable: Yes
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