Establishing a regular shuttle for building occupants to a transportation hub can add additional costs. However, making commuting easier for your employees, or making your building more accessible to customers can pay off in productivity or sales.

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Establishing a regular shuttle for building occupants to a transportation hub can add additional costs. However, making commuting easier for your employees, or making your building more accessible to customers can pay off in productivity or sales.

Unless your project has a large anchor tenant or an unusual level of tenant cooperation, you may have an uphill battle in pursuing this credit.

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Unless your project has a large anchor tenant or an unusually high level of tenant cooperation, you may have an uphill battle in pursuing this credit due to the challenge of getting multiple tenants to share their purchasing data.

If there are no bus stops or train stations in the project’s immediate vicinity, consider talking to local transit authorities to see if a bus line can be rerouted closer to the project site, or if a bus stop can be added near the building to serve the oc

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If there are no bus stops or train stations in the project’s immediate vicinity, consider talking to local transit authorities to see if a bus line can be rerouted closer to the project site, or if a bus stop can be added near the building to serve the occupants.

Selecting a site with easy access to public transportation is the easiest way to earn this credit, so ideally this credit will be considered during site selection. Projects located in dense urban areas generally can qualify, whereas projects located in ru

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Selecting a site with easy access to public transportation is the easiest way to earn this credit, so ideally this credit will be considered during site selection. Projects located in dense urban areas generally can qualify, whereas projects located in rural or suburban areas, where public transportation infrastructure is not as developed, may need to facilitate access to existing mass transit nearby, which may in some cases be difficult or expensive.

When making credit calculations, you must round the number of showers or bike racks up to the next whole number. For example, if your calculation yields 2.1 showers, you must provide three showers; if your calculation yields 4.4 bike spaces, you must prov

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When making credit calculations, you must round the number of showers or bike racks up to the next whole number. For example, if your calculation yields 2.1 showers, you must provide three showers; if your calculation yields 4.4 bike spaces, you must provide a minimum of five. Make sure any spreadsheets or calculators developed by your team are not rounding numbers automatically, as this may distort the actual number of spaces or showers required. 

Make sure your project will provide sufficient space to hold the number of specified bike racks. Generally a 2’ x 6’ (12 ft2) space will adequately accommodate a standard bike. 

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Make sure your project will provide sufficient space to hold the number of specified bike racks. Generally a 2’ x 6’ (12 ft2) space will adequately accommodate a standard bike. 

Although this credit is generally focused on public transit, schools can also earn the credit by showing that most students walk to school. See the credit language for exact requirements, and action steps below in Schematic Design for more details.

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Although this credit is generally focused on public transit, schools can also earn the credit by showing that most students walk to school. See the credit language for exact requirements, and action steps below in Schematic Design for more details.

If certain populations cannot be reasonably expected to arrive at a site by bicycle or to use bikes at all (for example, travelers passing through an airport or occupants of an elder care facility), you will have the option to exclude these populations, b

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If certain populations cannot be reasonably expected to arrive at a site by bicycle or to use bikes at all (for example, travelers passing through an airport or occupants of an elder care facility), you will have the option to exclude these populations, but must be able to demonstrate why these occupants (full-time or transient) should not be counted in total FTE calculations or why biking is not a realistic transportation option. Be sure to provide this information in the credit narrative and submit with credit documentation. 

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