LEED Location and Transportation AP

Question 1

After initial certification how often does the project team need to conduct a transportation survey for LT Credit Alternative Transportation? A. At least once every five years B. At least quarterly C. At least yearly D. Prior to re-certification

Answer 1

A. At least once every five years. At least once every 5 years.

Question 2

A project team has completed a transportation survey. What should the project team do with the results?
A. Upload each survey to LEED online B. Use the USGBC supplied calculator to compute the number of alternative transportation trips C. Use the equations in the reference guide to tabulate the results
D. Upload the results to the local transportation authority

Answer 2

B. Use the USGBC supplied calculator to compute the number of alternative transportation trips

This credit has a USGBC calculator that does most of the work for you.

Question 3

What types of incentives are NOT allowed to optimize the survey results for LT Credit Alternative Transportation?
A. Free snacks B. Free gift cards C. Raffled-off prizes D. Free transit passes

Answer 3

D. Free transit passes

While these may appeal to occupants they can skew the results, so transportation-related incentives are not allowed.

Question 4

A project building has a total 100 regular building occupants and visitors. What minimum response rate is needed for a valid transportation survey?
A. 30 regular building occupants B. 15 regular building occupants and 15 visitors C. 5 regular building occupants and 5 visitors D. 5 total regular building occupants and visitors

Answer 4

D. 5 total regular building occupants and visitors

The minimum response rate needed overall accounting for both regular occupants and transient occupants is 5% and extrapolations of results can begin at 30

Question 5

For visitors, what must the survey instrument do as part of LT Credit Alternative Transportation?
A. Include an incentive for participating in the survey B. Include if the visitor will be taking a form of alternative transportation to the building in the future C. Include a question asking whether or not the respondent works in the building D. Include educational information about the alternative transportation available to get to the building

Answer 5

C. Include a question asking whether or not the respondent works in the building

Visitors that respond they work in the building are excluded from the results of the survey to avoid double counting from the survey of regular building occupants.

Question 6

A project team analyzed the survey results for regular occupants to calculate the alternative transportation rate and found only a 25% survey response rate. What should the project team do next?
A. Use an extrapolation factor of 0.20 B. Assume nonrespondents are commuting via single-occupancy vehicles C. The survey must be conducted again D. Write a narrative describing the survey results

Answer 6

B. Assume nonrespondents are commuting via single-occupancy vehicles

Anything less than a 30% response rate isn’t allowed to be extrapolated.

Question 7

When developing a transportation survey for regular building occupants and visitors, all of the following transportation modes must be included as an option EXCEPT:
A. Absent B. Green vehicle C. Rideshare D. Shuttle E. Other human-powered conveyance

Answer 7

D. Shuttle

See Further Information, Transportation Modes Table 4 for a list of the options included in the survey.

Question 8

What can be a result of encouraging occupants to use alternative transportation?
A. Owner operating costs are decreased B. Recertification of the project is supported C. Commute times to the building increase D. Building energy use increases

Answer 8

B. Recertification of the project is supported

Projects must perform the commute survey at least once every five years. Re-certification compliance is based on the results of the most recent survey. As more people use alternative transportation performance improves over time.

Question 9

What three elements when combined would result in a comprehensive alternative transportation program?
(Choose 3)
A. Carpool matching website B. Carpool program C. Preferred parking for rideshare participants D. Bicycle repair kits E. Free auto tune-ups F. Providing green fleet vehicles

Answer 9

A. Carpool matching website
B. Carpool program
C. Preferred parking for rideshare participants

Question 10

If a transportation survey is conducted in person what strategy will yield accurate results?
A. Surveying people as they exit the building B. Making sure surveyors are at all entrance points C. Conducting the survey in the morning D. Conducting the survey on a Monday

Answer 10

B. Making sure surveyors are at all entrance points

Cover all the exits to make sure visitors and regular occupants are sampled.

Question 11

When calculating alternative transportation trips a carpool with four people is weighted as what percent of an alternative trip?
A. 50% B. 25% C. 200% D. 75%

Answer 11

D. 75%

The calculator will compute the number of alternative transportation trips factoring in weighted carpool trips (Equation 2).

A carpool trip with two people is weighted as 50% of an alternative trip.

A carpool trip with four people is weighted at 75% of an alternative trip.

The more people in a carpool, the higher weight that trip is given.

Question 12

When developing an alternative transportation program all of the following education elements must be tracked for documentation EXCEPT:
A. Strategy for marketing an employee newsletter B. Frequency of new-hire orientations C. Explanation of how elements are supported by the building owner D. Screenshots of a carpool matching website

Answer 12

C. Explanation of how elements are supported by the building owner

See Step-by-Step Guidance / Option 3 / Step 2.

How the organization supports education does not have to be documented for the credit.

Question 13

Under what conditions can a rideshare be counted as alternative transportation?
A. If the project is outside the US and involves independently owned and operated passenger cars or small vans B. If the vehicle is also a green vehicle C. If the rideshare is used for regular occupants only D. If the rideshare is used by both regular occupants and visitors

Answer 13

A. If the project is outside the US and involves independently owned and operated passenger cars or small vans

Rideshares can only be counted by projects outside the US and involves independently owned and operated passenger cars or small vans.

Question 14

A vehicle can count as an alternative transportation strategy under what conditions?
(Choose 2)
A. The vehicle is a motorcycle B. The vehicle achieves a minimum green score of 45 on the ACEEE annual vehicle rating guide C. The vehicle is only driven as part of a compressed work week D. The vehicle is used for carpooling

Answer 14

B. The vehicle achieves a minimum green score of 45 on the ACEEE annual vehicle rating guide. D. The vehicle is used for carpooling

Question 15

What statement is true about surveying visitors for LT Credit Alternative Transportation?
A. At a minimum a 20% sample of visitors must be surveyed B. A proportional number of visitors must be surveyed compared to the proportion of regular building occupants C. Visitors must be surveyed if either the typical peak or daily average is greater than the number of regular building occupants D. Visitors never have to be surveyed

Answer 15

C. Visitors must be surveyed if either the typical peak or daily average is greater than the number of regular building occupants

Visitors must be surveyed if they meet this case.

Question 16

When surveying visitors on-location for alternative transportation when must the survey occur?
A. At the conclusion of a 5 or 7 day period B. Throughout an entire primary peak period of at least two hours C. A seven day period D. Generally Monday-Friday 8 A.M. - 5 P.M.

Answer 16

B. Throughout an entire primary peak period of at least two hours

If on-location surveys are used this is the preferred time to distribute the survey.

Question 17

A project is located in an area that has a regional transportation survey program. Under what circumstances can the project team use the raw data to satisfy the survey requirements of LT Credit Alternative Transportation? (Choose 2)
A. If the data was collected during the performance period B. If the data is specific to the project building C. If the data was not collected electronically D. If the data was collected using random sampling

Answer 17

A. If the data was collected during the performance period

B. If the data is specific to the project building

Question 18

What three elements when combined would result in a comprehensive alternative transportation program?
(Choose 3)
A. Providing shuttle service between transit stops B. Bicycle program C. Providing green fleet vehicles D. Flextime schedule E. Renting residential units separately from parking F. Employee newsletter

Answer 18

B. Bicycle program D. Flextime schedule F. Employee newsletter Education strategies
* new-hire orientation;
* employee newsletter, flyer, announcements, memos, letters;
* carpool/vanpool matching website; or
* employer carpool/vanpool events.
Basic support strategies
* guaranteed return trip;
* preferential parking for rideshare participants;
* flextime schedule; or
* ride-matching service.
Direct strategies
* telecommuting;
* compressed workweek schedule;
* transit subsidy;
* introduction of a parking fee;
* bicycle program;
* parking cash-out;
* employee clean vehicle purchase program; or
* carpool program.

Question 19

A project building is located within 1/4 mile (400 meters) walking distance of a public bus line. The building owner knows many people take the bus to work. What does the project team need to do to earn points for demonstrating a minimum alternative transportation rate of 10%?
A. Conduct a survey of building occupants on their transportation patterns B. Offer discount bus passes C. Implement a new-hire orientation on the location of the bus station D. Offer flextime schedule to employees

Answer 19

A. Conduct a survey of building occupants on their transportation patterns

Both Option 2 and Option 3 require meeting Option 1 Transportation Survey. It isn’t enough to assume the number of people taking the bus.

Question 20

A project team planned to conduct a transportation survey over the course a 5-day period. The building has 1,000 regular occupants and visitors and the project team collected their required sample size of 286 by the end of the second day. What statement is true about the survey?
A. The project team can end the survey early if they get double the number of required respondents B. The project team can end the survey early if at least 50% of the regular occupants participate C. The project team must continue the survey through the 5-day period D. The project team can end the survey early and extrapolate the remaining data

Answer 20

C. The project team must continue the survey through the 5-day period

If the minimum sample sizes are achieved before the end of the survey time period, the survey must continue through the end of the set time period. For regular building occupants this can be a five or seven day period.