We have a dining hall facility being constructed on a military base. There are 2 shuttle stops within the 1/4 mile walking distance of our building.
One of the shuttles can take its riders to a near by Greyhound Bus station. This one runs on a regular schedule but runs into a problem with the 2 mile adjacency / 5-10 ride rule. The greyhound bus station is within 2 miles of our project site, but our shuttle stop is number 6 out of 24. So the ride to the greyhound station is longer than the recommended 5-10 minutes. So this shuttle alone sounds like it just misses out on meeting that 2nd bus line requirement.
The other shuttle service is variable. Its purpose is to pick up men from the dining hall and take them to their designated training area. This shuttle only operates when there is training scheduled, which is sporadic. And it only serves the men going to training and not visitors.
I am not convinced that this second shuttle service counts towards the credit, and I just wanted to verify that assumption. Is there a way to still obtain this credit with either of these 2 shuttle stops?
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
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November 19, 2012 - 8:34 pm
Have you seen interpretation # 2617 in the LEED Interpretations database? It addressed a military base with one shuttle bus and referred to an older CIR saying "Per CIR ruling dated 2/4/2003, and others, the single bus line serving the campus may be considered a shuttle if it connects riders with other mass transit options outside the military base.” See if that case was similar enough to your situation - sounds like it might be.