The intent of this point is to reduce pollution and land development impacts from single occupancy vehicle use. Our project is a destination lodging facility located adjacent to an outdoor recreation area. Our building is a lodging facility, and as such, car and vanpool spaces are not practical. Because of the nature of our building type, people are unlikely to carpool to our facility. In an effort to comply with this point, we have provided a parking reduction of 25% below the county requirements on the site. In addition, the proximity of the facility to skiing, biking and hiking trails allows occupants to walk to their daily activity, eliminating the need to get in a car and commute. For occupants who are not interested in the outdoor recreation, we also are providing a shuttle service to transport them to nearby city, and the public transportation that is available there. Are the measures described above sufficient to garner the point for parking reduction without the inclusion of car and vanpool parking spaces?
The inquiry states that parking capacity has been reduced by 25% below local requirements; therefore, the first component of this credit appears to be satisfied. This credit is meant to serve the building\'s staff. To satisfy the second part of this credit, preferred parking for carpools is required to accommodate at least 5% of full time equivalent employees at peak loads (refer to Equations 1 and 5 in the SSc4.4 section of the LEED Reference Guide to calculate FTE and required number of carpool spaces). The shuttle service mentioned in the inquiry is largely irrelevant to this credit; it pertains to public transportation access and thereby relates to credit SS Credit 4.1. Applicable internationally.