We have a situation where our site only has one bus line with a stop within 1/4 mile (though 2 other stops are within 1/2 mile).
However, the one bus line is very frequent and runs all day. We noticed that in the new credit (LT - Access to Quality Transit) in Version 4, they count the overall aggregate of trips and abandon the concept of stops.
Also note that the Exemplary Credit section of the LEED v3 states that "This strategy is based on the assumption that the threshold of the base credit would provide, in most cases, at least 50 transit rides per day". Our daily average is well above that.
This seems to us to meet the intent, and we plan to propose it, but wondered if anyone sees any objection to it or can poke holes in the argument?
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
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May 29, 2014 - 6:35 pm
Eric,
I can think of one case where a project achieved the credit with only one bus stop by showing the level of service for that stop and the near vicinity exceeded the 200 rides per day that would be needed for exemplary performance. I've also heard of projects that tried a similar approach and didn't earn the point.
One hole to poke in your argument would be that frequency is one aspect of transit service, but the extent of geographic coverage provided by that one bus line might be limited. You might want to provide an annotated map along with a detailed narrative and try to describe how broad an area the bus line serves, or any other transit studies for the area.
Hope that helps.