Hi all, I have received reply from LEED reviewer stating that "campus or private bus line that falls within onequarter mile of the project site must provide transportation service to the public in order to meet the requirements." On the other hand the requirement indicate "Bus Station Proximity and is located within one-quarter mile walking distance of one or more stops for two or more public, campus, or private bus lines usable by building occupants." It is contradict between the requirement and the reply, where the requirement indicates building occupants but the review indicates public. Since the building is providing private bus lines that well connected with the public transportation for building occupants. Any thoughts on this matter?
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Marilyn Specht
Vice President & Managing Principal, US SustainabilityIntroba
LEEDuser Expert
51 thumbs up
March 2, 2016 - 11:42 am
Michael,
The sentence that you quote above includes private lines so as not to penalize private bus operators that serve the public along dedicated routes like a public bus. However, they must be accessible to the public to qualify. In order to meet this credit you must have bus lines that fall within the LEED approved and defined options.
Private shuttles are acceptable and are defined as point to point, picking up occupants and taking them directly to a nearby train stop, for example, and cannot travel more than 2 miles. See addendum 100001163 for more information.
Note that private buses that act more like a vanpool service (pick up and drop off employees at different locations) do not qualify for this credit. The intent is reward projects who locate in already developed, dense areas and take advantage of existing public transportation.
Michael Wahjudi
Sustainable Consultant3 thumbs up
March 2, 2016 - 9:14 pm
Marilyn, Thanks for your input. Based on the addendum 10001163, we are compliance. Since the private shuttle buses are well connected to public transit facilities for all building occupants. We are worried that the private shuttle bus should provide transport services for public other than the building occupants.