Option 2, Outside US

Anna Korinkova

Grinity s.r.o.

LEEDuser Basic Member

60 thumbs up

August 16, 2011

Hi all, We are working on a project situated in the Czech Republic, Prague. Is it possible to go for Option 2 and use Prague Planning Office as a metropolitan planning organization? Furthermore it would be quite difficult to find VMT for Prague environment. Thank you for any suggestions.

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Fred Dock

Director, Department of Transportation

City of Pasadena, CA

LEEDuser Basic Member

27 thumbs up

Tue, 08/16/2011 - 20:31

Since the primary metric for Option 2 is low VMT, not having reliable VMT data would make use of Option 2 problematic in this case. Option 2 is offered to encourage projects to locate in areas that are already experiencing higher than average rates of non-auto use (and by extension likely have more-developed pedestrian, bicycle and/or transit infrastructure). The metric is essentially calibrated for North American conditions and may be difficult to quickly translate to European conditions. Option 1 would be a better choice since the transit service metric is the same in or outside the US.