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NC-v4 LTc6:Bicycle facilities

Bike storage distance

How do you calculate the distance if the bike storage is inside the building basement and you can bike to it after you have entered the door? Is the distance 0 then? Otherwise 30 meters seems very short if the building is large and you have decided to build one dedicated bike storage to be able to provide high standard bike stoagre with changing facilities, showers, bike service station etc.

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Thu, 01/21/2016 - 16:19

Hi Pia, When the occupants enter the building in the basement, is it into a parking garage, or the interior of the building? If the bike storage is within the building, then this storage area will be compliant because it is already in the building. If the basement storage area is in a parking garage, you will need to ensure the storage area is within 30 meters of an entrance to the interior of the building. Hope that helps!
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Megan Leslie
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Fri, 02/16/2018 - 00:06

I am checking in to see if anyone else has any more recent experience with this?  I'm wondering about long-term bicycle storage located in the P1 level below a Hospital project and how (or if) the 100 ft requirement applies in this situation.  The example in the Reference Guide only shows the situation where long-term bicycle storage is outside the building. Thank you!
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Sun, 04/01/2018 - 18:54

Hi Megan - is their a functional entrance to the interior of the building that is within 100 horizontal feet of this long term storage? I think if you have to take an elevator to get back into the building, you could count that as your entrance if it directly opens into the hospital. Our office has something similar - the long term bike storage is in the parking garage, only 10 feet away from the elevator which takes you directly into the main lobby on the interior of the building. I would only count 10 feet in my case. I hope this helps...
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Wed, 05/09/2018 - 17:07

The LEED v4 Submittal Tips located at: https://www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-v4-submittal-tips-bdc states "bicycle storage facilities must be within 100 feet of the building entrance (main entrance for short-term, any functional entrance for long-tern) even if they are inside the building or outside the LEED Project Boundary. I have recently corresponded with GBCI on this issue, and they have confirmed that distance requirements also apply to bike storage locations within the building.  I'd suspect v4.1 will include language that provides some leeway for bike storage locations within the building. hope this helps!

Tue, 10/11/2022 - 21:05

Question: does GBCI accept bike storage in basement only accessble by a staircase? TIP: GBCI does accept a bike "valet" service at street level, in the situation where bike storage is in basement, but elevator and stairs are restricted for security reasons. A street "valet" can take the bikes from customers or employees with a ticket (free of charge); then they collect bike afterwards.

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 16:33

Is there an interpretation you can point to for the valet option.

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