what exactly constitutes a safe, all-weather route between the building entry and the network? We submitted this credit in our design review and for our clarifications we were asked to "provide documentation that clearly shows the project boundary, and a safe, all-weather route that
exists between the bicycle network and the project`s bicycle storage and/or main entrance." Can anyone clarify this?
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Megan Stark
Operations ManagerAbel Design Group
14 thumbs up
June 7, 2011 - 2:14 pm
"a route that with reasonable maintenance can be kept open in all weather"
I know - still makes no sense! But I think it boils down to "paved"
Megan Stark
Operations ManagerAbel Design Group
14 thumbs up
June 7, 2011 - 2:17 pm
It appears to be some sort of military classification:
• Type X. Type X is an all-weather route that, with reasonable maintenance, is passable throughout the year to its maximum volume of traffic. This type of route is normally formed of roads having waterproof surfaces, is only minimally affected by precipitation or temperature changes, and is never closed from the effects of weather.
www.theblackvault.com/documents/mpmanual/appi.pdf
Chris Marshall
Manager, LEED Technical DevelopmentU.S. Green Building Council
182 thumbs up
June 9, 2011 - 12:57 pm
Hi all. The definition that Megan provided will suffice in the absence of a USGBC-provided definition. We're aware of the vagueness and will propose one before this credit is finalized in LEED's next version.