Eliot is it correct that a bus that has multiple stops within 1/4 mile can on be counted once? Or rather once inbound and once outbound?
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Eliot Allen
LEED AP-ND, PrincipalCriterion Planners
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March 21, 2013 - 12:11 pm
Martine, bus stops within 1/4 mile of any project origin point (a dwelling unit or non-residential building entrance) can qualify for trip counting regardless of the number or direction of bus routes serving those stops. As noted in the Reference Guide SLLc3 implementation section, "Each point at which a vehicle stops to receive or discharge passengers is considered a separate stop; this includes stops facing each other on opposite sides of a street."
Eliot
Martine Desbois
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March 21, 2013 - 1:19 pm
Thank you Eliot, I guess my question had to do with a CIR that was posted for LEED 2009. The question was: "A bus has multiple stops within 1/4 mile radius. Can I count each of those?" The response was: "No, as this doesn't increase service to the LEED project. (depending on project specifics, you could try to make a case, however.) I was wondering if that ruling applied to LEED ND.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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March 21, 2013 - 1:28 pm
Martine, if you check the appliability in the LEED Interpretations database it will tell you if it applies to ND. Without knowing the number you are referring to, it would be difficult for me to comment.But I think you may be referring to an FAQ posted on LEEDuser, not a CIR.
Eliot Allen
LEED AP-ND, PrincipalCriterion Planners
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March 21, 2013 - 1:38 pm
Martine, I'd have to know exactly what CIR you're referring to in order to judge its relevance to ND, but I'm not seeing any issued for SLLc3. If your question is whether one bus stopping at multiple qualifying stops can have all of those stops counted, yes that's correct for ND. I believe other LEED rating systems may not score transit that way because they only have a single origin point.
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Martine Desbois
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March 21, 2013 - 1:43 pm
Thank you Eliot and Tristan. You are right it is a FAQ. I took it out of the new LEED 2009: The Missing Manual page 15 and assume it was a CIR. Sorry about the confusion. I believe that the last response from Eliot answers my question. Thank you.
Martine