I am working on a project at a large local university that has both its own large bus system and a municipal bus system. For 99% of the lines, each bus line has both a north and south stop. My confusion comes with accurately counting rides for the LEED form. As an example, I have a bus line that, when looking at the north route, has 97 rides total. The south route has 98 rides (because it runs slightly later than the north). This route also has four stops (two in north direction, two in south direction) within the 1/4 mile radius. Do I start with a total of 195 rides for that line? And do I need to subtract out something for the stops within the radius or will my number for submission be 195 rides?
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Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
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September 11, 2014 - 4:14 pm
For daily rides - you can only count the number of rides in one direction, not both. While the bus runs in both directions, theoretically your occupants would be taking each direction once (i.e. if you come from the north, you're going to get on the opposite bus to go home). As such, the daily rides are calculated on a route basis, not a direction basis. It also doesn't matter how many times that same route stops within your quarter mile walking distance - as it's all on the same route, it counts as just one daily ride. So for your example, that route would give you a total of 97 daily rides (smaller of the north vs. south total).