All weather pathways?

This credit was based on language from LEED-ND. To determine the intent we check with LJ Aurbach from the Location and Planning Technical Advisory Group: "The largest benefits of small blocks and well-connected street layouts appear when pedestrian routes are public and at ground level. This allows pedestrian traffic to contribute to the liveliness, civic activity, and commercial success of streets, alleys, passages, etc. Pedestrian routes that are grade separated from the street tend to suck the life away from streets, and also tend to enforce social class segregation in the daily life of an urban place. Overhead pedestrian bridges, tubes, etc. are often suboptimal responses to high-speed, high-volume traffic arterials, and can also be eyesores that block views and sunshine. For these reasons, the LEED-ND definition of streets specifies that they must be publicly accessible at all times, and they must be "addressable." Publicly accessible means that streets are not gated and are not located within gated areas. "Addressable" means that streets are (or can be) lined by lots with postal addresses -- i.e., no parking lots, driveways, access ramps, and so on." So the answer is, the partially gated pathways would not count towards your intersection count, though this is not clear from the current pilot credit. When you submit for the pilot credit, please provide feedback on how to improve the credit language, and perhaps more information on how these building to building connections improve the openness of the community in Prague (in order to meet the intent of the credit). This information will help us to improve the credit language for the future.

I would recommend differentiating between the intersections on these various levels (above, below and street level) when you submit your credit documentation, so that reviewers are able to see how the different systems impact the connectivity of the site. I know similar underground systems exist in other cities, so they should be evaluated and more clearly addressed in the credit language during the next revision.

I've done some searching, but can't find a definition of "All Weather Pathways". A project I'm working on is adjacent to a campus with numerous meandering and crossing walking paths (open to the public, not gated). They are not covered, but the project is in a very temperate climate. Do these count as all weather?