Hi! I'm working on a project that includes a large number of "pedestrian streets" and I can't seem to categorize them in a consistent way with respect to the various LEED ND prerequisites and credits.

Basically, the "pedestrian streets" are rights-of-way that will be privately built and then dedicated to public use. They will allow pedestrians and bicycles but not motor vehicles. They are nearly always wider than 10 ft, and at many points will be wider than 12ft.

Some buildings will face pedestrian streets only. Most will have a "regular street" front facade and some form of private or semi-public outdoor space facing the "pedestrian street" side.

Functionally, these "pedestrian streets" are mid-block cut-throughs that behave like paseos, but the LEED ND Reference Guide mentions that "paseos" can't be wider than 12 feet. One might count them as an alley, but they won't allow motor vehicles, which is part of the "alley" definition in the Reference Guide. Also, they won't necessarily serve the usual alley functions of services and delivery... The definition for a "street" in the ND reference guide seems like it could include the "pedestrian street", but frequent references are made in various other parts of the guide to a distinction between "streets" and "nonmotorized rights-of-way" (NPDp3 and NPDc6).

So should these count as streets, alleys or paseos?

Thanks,

Daniel Costantino