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Bicycle facilities

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CI-v4 LTc4: Bicycle facilities 1 point

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Bicycle Network
Locate the space in a building such that a functional entry and/or the bicycle storage is within a 200-yard (180-meter) walking distance or bicycling distance of a bicycle network that connects to at least one of the following:
  • at least 10 diverse uses (see Appendix 1); or
  • a bus rapid transit stop, light or heavy rail station, commuter rail station, or ferry terminal.
All destinations must be within a 3-miles (4800-meter) bicycling distance of the project boundary. Planned bicycle trails or lanes may be counted if they are fully funded by the date of the certificate of occupancy and are scheduled for completion within one year of that date.
Bicycle storage and shower rooms
Provide short-term bicycle storage for at least 2.5% or more of all peak visitors, but no fewer than two storage spaces per project. Provide long-term bicycle storage for at least 5% of regular building occupants but no fewer than 2 spaces per project in addition to the short-term bicycle spaces. Provide at least one on-site shower with changing facility for the first 100 regular building occupants and one additional shower for every 150 regular building occupants thereafter. Short-term bicycle storage must be within 100 feet (30 meters) walking distance of any main entrance. Long-term bicycle storage must be within 100 feet (30 meters) walking distance of any functional entry. Bicycle storage capacity may not be double-counted: storage that is fully allocated to the occupants of nonproject facilities cannot also serve project occupants.

Alternative Compliance Paths (ACPs)

Europe ACP: Bike Path Width
If the requirements on the width of bike paths cannot be met due to the historic urban context of the project site, compensating measures to reduce street speeds and/or to enhance biking security on routes connecting to a qualifying bike network are acceptable:
  • A security lane for biking (marked dedicated bike lane, which can be shared by cars in narrow sections of the street when no bikes are present) or a physically dedicated bike lane less than 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide
  • Intersections spaced no more than 400 feet (122 meters) apart
  • Travel lane widths no greater than 10 feet (3 meters) and parallel parking lane widths no greater than 8 feet (2.4 meters)
Routes that meet the alternative requirements outlined above must be clearly identified by type within the required documentation. See all forum discussions about this credit »

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Regarding the requirement to provide shower facilities on commercial and institutional projects, what counts as “on-site”?

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Can double-stacked bike storage racks comply with this credit?

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If the building is listed in Appendix 2 Default occupancy codes with zero transients, does that mean we don’t have to provide any short-term bike spaces?

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When it comes to satisfying the requirements for Option 1, what does the "total buildable land" take into account? And the "total building area"?

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Where do we measure the radius from? In LEED 2009, we measured it from the main entry, but the LEED v4 language is different.

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Addenda

4/6/2018 – Updated: 11/6/2020
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change:
Add an International Tips section that reads:

"Bike Path Width
European projects located in historic urban centers may be exempted from bike path width requirements on routes where the requirements cannot be met due to space constraints. Additionally, the bicycle network definition is expanded to include additional criteria on these routes."

Europe ACP added to Requirements section:
"Europe ACP: Bike Path Width
If the requirements on the width of bike paths cannot be met due to the historic ur-ban context of the project site, compensating measures to reduce street speeds and/or to enhance biking security on routes connecting to a qualifying bike network are acceptable:

• A security lane for biking (marked dedicated bike lane, which can be shared by cars in narrow sections of the street when no bikes are present) or a physically dedicated bike lane less than 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide.
• Intersections spaced no more than 400 feet (122 meters) apart
• Travel lane widths no greater than 10 feet (3 meters) and parallel parking lane widths no greater than 8 feet (2.4 meters)

Routes that meet the alternative requirements outlined above must be clearly iden-tified by type within the required documentation."
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No
4/6/2018 – Updated: 11/6/2020
Regional ACP
Description of change:
Add an International Tips section that reads:

"Bike Path Width
European projects located in historic urban centers may be exempted from bike path width requirements on routes where the requirements cannot be met due to space constraints. Additionally, the bicycle network definition is expanded to include additional criteria on these routes."

Europe ACP added to Requirements section:
"Europe ACP: Bike Path Width
If the requirements on the width of bike paths cannot be met due to the historic ur-ban context of the project site, compensating measures to reduce street speeds and/or to enhance biking security on routes connecting to a qualifying bike network are acceptable:

• A security lane for biking (marked dedicated bike lane, which can be shared by cars in narrow sections of the street when no bikes are present) or a physically dedicated bike lane less than 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide.
• Intersections spaced no more than 400 feet (122 meters) apart
• Travel lane widths no greater than 10 feet (3 meters) and parallel parking lane widths no greater than 8 feet (2.4 meters)

Routes that meet the alternative requirements outlined above must be clearly iden-tified by type within the required documentation."
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No
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Requirements

Bicycle Network
Locate the space in a building such that a functional entry and/or the bicycle storage is within a 200-yard (180-meter) walking distance or bicycling distance of a bicycle network that connects to at least one of the following:
  • at least 10 diverse uses (see Appendix 1); or
  • a bus rapid transit stop, light or heavy rail station, commuter rail station, or ferry terminal.
All destinations must be within a 3-miles (4800-meter) bicycling distance of the project boundary. Planned bicycle trails or lanes may be counted if they are fully funded by the date of the certificate of occupancy and are scheduled for completion within one year of that date.
Bicycle storage and shower rooms
Provide short-term bicycle storage for at least 2.5% or more of all peak visitors, but no fewer than two storage spaces per project. Provide long-term bicycle storage for at least 5% of regular building occupants but no fewer than 2 spaces per project in addition to the short-term bicycle spaces. Provide at least one on-site shower with changing facility for the first 100 regular building occupants and one additional shower for every 150 regular building occupants thereafter. Short-term bicycle storage must be within 100 feet (30 meters) walking distance of any main entrance. Long-term bicycle storage must be within 100 feet (30 meters) walking distance of any functional entry. Bicycle storage capacity may not be double-counted: storage that is fully allocated to the occupants of nonproject facilities cannot also serve project occupants.

Alternative Compliance Paths (ACPs)

Europe ACP: Bike Path Width
If the requirements on the width of bike paths cannot be met due to the historic urban context of the project site, compensating measures to reduce street speeds and/or to enhance biking security on routes connecting to a qualifying bike network are acceptable:
  • A security lane for biking (marked dedicated bike lane, which can be shared by cars in narrow sections of the street when no bikes are present) or a physically dedicated bike lane less than 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide
  • Intersections spaced no more than 400 feet (122 meters) apart
  • Travel lane widths no greater than 10 feet (3 meters) and parallel parking lane widths no greater than 8 feet (2.4 meters)
Routes that meet the alternative requirements outlined above must be clearly identified by type within the required documentation.

Cost estimates for this credit

On each BD+C v4 credit, LEEDuser offers the wisdom of a team of architects, engineers, cost estimators, and LEED experts with hundreds of LEED projects between then. They analyzed the sustainable design strategies associated with each LEED credit, but also to assign actual costs to those strategies.

Our tab contains overall cost guidance, notes on what “soft costs” to expect, and a strategy-by-strategy breakdown of what to consider and what it might cost, in percentage premiums, actual costs, or both.

This information is also available in a full PDF download in The Cost of LEED v4 report.

Learn more about The Cost of LEED v4 »

Regarding the requirement to provide shower facilities on commercial and institutional projects, what counts as “on-site”?

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

(If you're already a premium member, log in here.)

Can double-stacked bike storage racks comply with this credit?

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

(If you're already a premium member, log in here.)

What is length of stay is considered ‘short-term’ vs. ‘long-term’?

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

(If you're already a premium member, log in here.)

If the building is listed in Appendix 2 Default occupancy codes with zero transients, does that mean we don’t have to provide any short-term bike spaces?

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

(If you're already a premium member, log in here.)

When it comes to satisfying the requirements for Option 1, what does the "total buildable land" take into account? And the "total building area"?

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

(If you're already a premium member, log in here.)

Where do we measure the radius from? In LEED 2009, we measured it from the main entry, but the LEED v4 language is different.

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

(If you're already a premium member, log in here.)
4/6/2018 – Updated: 11/6/2020
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change:
Add an International Tips section that reads:

"Bike Path Width
European projects located in historic urban centers may be exempted from bike path width requirements on routes where the requirements cannot be met due to space constraints. Additionally, the bicycle network definition is expanded to include additional criteria on these routes."

Europe ACP added to Requirements section:
"Europe ACP: Bike Path Width
If the requirements on the width of bike paths cannot be met due to the historic ur-ban context of the project site, compensating measures to reduce street speeds and/or to enhance biking security on routes connecting to a qualifying bike network are acceptable:

• A security lane for biking (marked dedicated bike lane, which can be shared by cars in narrow sections of the street when no bikes are present) or a physically dedicated bike lane less than 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide.
• Intersections spaced no more than 400 feet (122 meters) apart
• Travel lane widths no greater than 10 feet (3 meters) and parallel parking lane widths no greater than 8 feet (2.4 meters)

Routes that meet the alternative requirements outlined above must be clearly iden-tified by type within the required documentation."
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No
4/6/2018 – Updated: 11/6/2020
Regional ACP
Description of change:
Add an International Tips section that reads:

"Bike Path Width
European projects located in historic urban centers may be exempted from bike path width requirements on routes where the requirements cannot be met due to space constraints. Additionally, the bicycle network definition is expanded to include additional criteria on these routes."

Europe ACP added to Requirements section:
"Europe ACP: Bike Path Width
If the requirements on the width of bike paths cannot be met due to the historic ur-ban context of the project site, compensating measures to reduce street speeds and/or to enhance biking security on routes connecting to a qualifying bike network are acceptable:

• A security lane for biking (marked dedicated bike lane, which can be shared by cars in narrow sections of the street when no bikes are present) or a physically dedicated bike lane less than 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide.
• Intersections spaced no more than 400 feet (122 meters) apart
• Travel lane widths no greater than 10 feet (3 meters) and parallel parking lane widths no greater than 8 feet (2.4 meters)

Routes that meet the alternative requirements outlined above must be clearly iden-tified by type within the required documentation."
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No

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Marilyn Specht

LEED AP (ND, O+M), WELL AP, LFA, Fitwel Ambassador, EcoDistricts AP

SmithGroup
Senior Principal | Director of Sustainability Integration

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