Location and Transportation (LT) Flashcards
What are the minimum
weekday and weekend trips
for projects with multiple
transit types (bus, streetcar,
rail, or ferry)?
72 weekday, 40 weekend
Max:
360 Weekday, 216 weekend
What are the minimum
weekday and weekend trips
for projects with commuter
rail or ferry service only?
24 weekday, 6 weekend
Max:
60 weekday, 12 weekend
When can planned stops and
stations count towards
Access to Quality Transit?
(I.e under construction or yet to be constructed)
When they are sited, funded,
and under construction by the
date of the certificate of
occupancy and are complete
within 24 months of that date.
What must a bicycle
network connect to?
At least one of the following:
-at least 10 diverse uses
-a school or employment center, if
the project total floor area is 50% or
more residential
-a bus rapid transit stop, light or
heavy rail station, commuter rail
station, or ferry terminal
Note: all destinations must be within a 3 mile (4800 m) bicycling distance of the project boundary.
How close does a functional
entry or bicycle storage
need to be to a bicycle
network?
Within 200-yards (180-
meters) walking or bicycling
distance
What is the maximum distance
on a bicycle network
destinations (diverse use,
school/employment center,
quality transit) must be?
Within a 3-mile (4,800 meter)
bicycling distance of the project
boundary.
Where must short-term
cycle storage be located?
Within 100 feet (30 meters)
walking distance of any main
entrance.
Where must long-term bicycle
storage be located?
Within 100 feet (30 meters) walking
distance of any functional entry.
What requirements should be met to achieve Reduced Parking Footprint?
- Do not exceed the minimum local code requirements
- A percent reduction from a baseline (20% or 40%) depending on what other
credits are achieved)
When is a 40% reduction
from the base ratios of the
TE Transportation Planning
Handbook required for
Reduced Parking Footprint?
When a project earns
EITHER LT Credit
Surrounding Density and
Diverse Uses or LT Credit
Access to Quality Transit
How much preferred
parking is required for
Reduced Parking Footprint?
5% of the total parking
spaces AFTER reductions
are made from the base
ratios.
Define Development Footprint
The total land area of a
project site covered by
buildings, streets, parking
areas, and other typically
impermeable surfaces
constructed as part of the
project
For Surrounding Density credit, What are the requirements for Locating a project?
Locate on a site whose
surrounding existing density
within 1/4 mile (400-meter)
radius of the project boundary
meets either the ‘separate
residential and nonresidential
densities’ or ‘combined density’
values.
What are the minimum
surrounding density
requirements?
0.5 Non residential density
(FAR) and 7 Residential
density (DU/acre)
-OR-
22.000 SF / acre of
buildable land combined
density
What are the requirements for locating a project in proximity of diverse uses?
Construct or renovate a
building or a space within a
building such that the
building’s main entrance is
within a 1/2-mile (800-meter)
walking distance of the main
entrance of four to seven (1
point) or eight or more (2
points) existing and publicly
available diverse uses
What are the five use
categories for diverse uses?
-Food retail
-Community-serving retail
-Services
-Civic and community
facilities
-Community anchor uses
(BD&C and ID&C only)
What are the distances for
Access to Quality Transit?
1/4 mile (400-meter) walking
distance of existing or planned
bus, streetcar, or rideshare
stops, or within a 1/2-mile (800-
meter) walking distance of
existing or planned bus rapid
transit stops, light or heavy rail
stations, commuter rail stations
or ferry terminals.
Where is Access to Quality
Transit measured from?
A functional entry - a building
opening designed to be used by
pedestrians and open during
regular business hours. It does
not include any door exclusively
designated as an emergency exit,
or a garage door not designed as
a pedestrian entrance.
How many bike racks are
required for a commercial
building?
Short-term storage for at least
2.5% of all peak visitors (no
fewer than 4 spaces per
building) and long-term storage
for 5% of all regular building
occupants (no fewer than 4
spaces per building).
How many bike racks are
required for residential
project?
Short-term storage for at
least 2.5% of all peak
visitors (no fewer than 4
spaces per building) and
long-term storage for 30%
of all regular building
occupants.
How many shower and
changing facilities are
required for a commercial
project?
At least one for the first 100
FTE and one additional for
every 150 regular building
occupants thereafter.
How do you calculate an FTE?
An 8-hour occupant has an FTE
value of 1.0; a part-time
occupant has a FTE value
based on work hours per day
divided by 8
How many preferred
parking spaces are required
for Green Vehicles?
Provide preferred parking
for green vehicles for 5% of
the total vehicle parking
capacity of the site.
How many EVSE stations must
be installed for Green Vehicles?
2% of all parking spaces
(preferred parking spaces may
not be counted).
How is preferred parking
defined?
The parking spots closest to
the main entrance of a
building (exclusive of spaces
designated for handicapped
persons). For employee
parking, it refers to the spots
that are closest to the
entrance used by employees.
What is a Green Vehicle according to LEED?
LEED’s definition is vehicles
achieving a minimum green score of 45 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) annual vehicle rating guide.
What is the discount parking
rate for Green Vehicles?
20% discount
Under LT Credit 1: LEED for Neighbourhood Development Location - This credit is attempted by locating the project within the boundary of a development certified under LEED for Neighbourhood Development…
Projects attempting this credit are eligible to earn points on the other Location and Transportation credits. True or False?
False
For LT credit: Sensitive Land Protection, what’s two options exist for locating the new development footprint?
Option 1.
Locate the development footprint on land that has been previously developed
OR
Option 2.
Locate the development footprint on land that has been previously developed or that doesn’t meet the
following criteria for sensitive land:
Prime farmland, floodplains, habitats, water bodies, wetlands.
A technology firm is deciding on a location to build a new data center. Which of the following sites would be most appropriate?
A. Developed site 30 feet (9 meters) from a fishing stream
B. Land with a species classified as possibly extinct by NatureServe
C. Undeveloped land in a flood plain as defined by FEMA
D. Undeveloped land that is 40 feet (12 meters) from a stream
E. Brownfield that is 80 feet (24 meters) from a wetland
F. Organic tree nursery defined as prime farmland
E is the correct answer. Focus on the word
“most.’ First prioritize conservation of
greenfields; B, C, and D are off limits. Now there are three choice remaining, all
previously developed sites: A, E, and F. A is too close to the stream, development should
be at least 100 feet from a body of water. F is classified as prime farmland, which meets
the definition of sensitive site and will not earn the credit. E is highly desirable for a
LEED project. It is a brownfield so it is previously developed, and it is more than 50 feet
from the wetland.
Under LT Credit 3 | High Priority Site, what 3 options exist for locating the project?
Option1 is to locate the project on an infill site in a historic district. (1 point for BD&C, 2 points for CS).
Option 2 is to locate the project in an area with a priority redevelopment
designation. (1 point for BD&C, 2 points for CS)
Option 3 is brownfield remediation. (2 points for BD&C, 3 points for CS)
For the LT Credit 4: Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses, one of the 2 options (Option 1-Surrounding density) requires the project be located on a site whose surrounding density within _______radius of the project meets values in Table 1 for either combined, or separate residential and non residential densities.
1/4 mile (400m)
For the LT Credit 4: Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses, what restrictions exist when counting Option 2-Diverse uses?
-A use counts as only one type (E.g a retail store May be counted only once even if it sells products in several categories).
-No more than two uses in each use type may be counted (e.g. if five restaurants are within walking distance, only two may be counted).
- The counted uses must represent at least three of the five categories, exclusive of the building’s primary use.
How many bike storage spaces and showers are required for an office building with:
100 occupants working 8 hours per day.
20 part time employees in the building working 4 hours per day.
50 daily average visitors, 30 peak time visitors.
Provide 6 long term bike storage spaces for 110 regular occupants.
Provide 4 short term bike storage spaces for visitors.
Provide two showers to regular occupants.
In addition to providing preferred parking for green vehicles, What are the two options for providing alternative-fuel fuelling stations?
Option 1- Electric vehicle charging: Install electrical vehicle supply equipment EVSE in 2% of all parking spaces.
Option 2- Liquid, gas, or battery facilities.
What is Documentation required for ‘Access to Quality Transit?
A map showing:
the project,
project boundary,
transit stop locations,
walking routes,
distances to those stops.
