Hi,
I am working on a store located on the ground floor of a mall where the only space for long-term storage bicycle is a room located in the upper floor (accessible by the stairway with sufficient floor area). Question: Can we consider this room as long-term bicycle storage?
Concerning the bicycle maintenance program, does anyone has an idea of what kind of approach it is?
Marilyn Specht
Senior Principal | Director of Sustainability IntegrationSmithGroup
LEEDuser Expert
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January 17, 2017 - 7:52 pm
Hi Guillaume, The Reference Guide defines long term parking as "bicycle parking that is easily accessible to residents and employees and covered to protect bicycles from rain and snow." Technically the upper floor is within the same building as your project so I would think you could argue it also meets the distance requirement. Seems reasonable to use this as long term bike parking, assuming you can designate it for that and explain why that location is the only option. I would be careful, though, that if other employees outside of your project have access to the bike parking, then you will need to incorporate their use into your calculations which can get very tricky.